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Quote by Cecil Day-Lewis

“And yet this self, contains Tides, continents and stars―a myriad selves, Is small and solitary as one grass-blade Passed over by the wind Amongst a myriad grasses on the prairie.”

Quote by Cecil Day-Lewis

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Cecil Day-Lewis

Cecil Day-Lewis, a British poet, was born on April 27, 1904, and died on May 22, 1972. His poetry, deeply influenced by both Romanticism and Modernism, is renowned for its profound emotion and exquisite technique. more

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