“And I envy the intransigence of my own Countrymen who shoot to kill and never See the victim's face become their own Or find his motive sabotage their motives.” FacesMy OwnVictimKillingEnvyMotiveCountrymenSabotage Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“I am not yet born; O fill me With strength against those who would freeze my humanity, would dragoon me into a lethal automaton would make me a cog in a machine, a thing with one face, a thing” FacesHumanityBornPrayerMachinesFreezeCogs Author:Louis MacNeice
“There seeps from heavily jowled or hawk-like foreign faces The guttural sorrow of the refugees.” FacesSorrowRefugeeHawks Author:Louis MacNeice
“None of our hearts are pure, we always have mixed motives. Are self deceivers, but the worst of all Deceits is to murmur 'Lord, I am not worthy' And, lying easy, turn your face to the wall.” HeartSelfFacesLyingTurnsEasyLordWorstWallPureWorthyMotiveDeceitYour FaceNot WorthyDeceiver Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
