“The face of the night will be an old wound that reopens each evening, impassive and living. The distant silence will ache like a soul, mute, in the dark. We'll speak to the night as it's whispering softly.” SoulFacesNightSpeakDarkSilenceWoundsEveningAcheWhisperingMuteOld Wounds Book:Disaffections: complete poems 1930-1950 Source: Disaffections: complete poems 1930-1950
“I want to know a butcher paints, A baker rhymes for his pursuit, Candlestick-maker much acquaints His soul with song, or, haply mute, Blows out his brains upon the flute.” KnowsWantSoulSongBrainPaintBlowPursuitMakersRhymeMuteButchersBakersFlutes Author:Robert Browning