“Heroic figures are now obsolete,So Demigod and Devil find retreatIn minds of children - as rare beasts and men,Elsewhere extinct, persist in hill or fenFrom man protected - where each form assumesGigantic stature and intention, loomsFrom wind-moved, twilight-woven histories:For them each flower teems with mysteries.” MenMindChildrenFormMysteryFiguresWindFlowerDevilMovedIntentionHillsBeastHeroicElsewhereTwilightProtectedPersistWovenObsoleteStatureDemigods Book:The collected satires and poems of Osbert Sitwell Source: The collected satires and poems of Osbert Sitwell
“When the voices of children are heard on the greenAnd laughing is heard on the hill,My heart is at rest within my breastAnd everything else is still.” HeartChildrenStillsVoiceLaughingHeardMy HeartHills Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems