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Sisson, C. H.
1914–
1914–
1
Here lies a civil servant. He was civil
To everyone, and servant to the devil.
Here lies a civil servant. He was civil
To everyone, and servant to the devil.
The London Zoo
(1961)
Sitting Bull
c.
1831–90
c.
1831–90
1
What law have I broken? Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red, because I am Sioux, because I was born where my fathers lived, because I would die for my people and my country?
The Black Hills belong to me. If the whites try to take them, I will fight.
What law have I broken? Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red, because I am Sioux, because I was born where my fathers lived, because I would die for my people and my country?
to Major Brotherton, recorded July 1881
The Black Hills belong to me. If the whites try to take them, I will fight.
Dee Brown
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
(1970) ch. 12
Sitwell, Edith
1887–1964
1887–1964
1
Jane, Jane,
Tall as a crane,
The morning light creaks down again.
The fire was furry as a bear.
I enjoyed talking to her, but thought
nothing
of her writing. I considered her "a beautiful little knitter".
of Virginia Woolf
Jane, Jane,
Tall as a crane,
The morning light creaks down again.
Façade
(1923) "Aubade"
The fire was furry as a bear.
Façade
(1923) "Dark Song"
I enjoyed talking to her, but thought
nothing
of her writing. I considered her "a beautiful little knitter".
of Virginia Woolf
letter to Geoffrey Singleton, 11 July 1955
Sitwell, Osbert
1892–1969
1892–1969
1
In reality, killing time
Is only the name for another of the multifarious ways
By which Time kills us.
On the coast of Coromandel
Dance they to the tunes of Handel.
In reality, killing time
Is only the name for another of the multifarious ways
By which Time kills us.
"Milordo Inglese" (1958).
On the coast of Coromandel
Dance they to the tunes of Handel.
"On the Coast of Coromandel" (1943)
Skelton, John
c.
1460–1529
c.
1460–1529
1
Far may be sought
Erst that ye can find
So courteous, so kind,
As Merry Margaret,
This midsummer flower,
Gentle as falcon
Or hawk of the tower.
With margerain gentle,
The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
Is of your maidenhead.
Far may be sought
Erst that ye can find
So courteous, so kind,
As Merry Margaret,
This midsummer flower,
Gentle as falcon
Or hawk of the tower.
The Garland of Laurel
(1523) "To Mistress Margaret Hussey"
With margerain gentle,
The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
Is of your maidenhead.
The Garland of Laurel
(1523) "To Mistress Margery Wentworth"
Skelton, Noel
1880–1935
1880–1935
1
To state as clearly as may be what means lie ready to develop a property-owning democracy, to bring the industrial and economic status of the wage-earner abreast of his political and educational, to make democracy stable and four-square.
To state as clearly as may be what means lie ready to develop a property-owning democracy, to bring the industrial and economic status of the wage-earner abreast of his political and educational, to make democracy stable and four-square.
in
The Spectator
19 May 1923
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