Cecil Day-Lewis Quotes

Cecil Day-Lewis (often written as C. Day-Lewis) was a renowned British poet and author, perhaps best known as the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. Throughout his life Cecil Day-Lewis wrote poetry that reflected on various aspects of human existence, including love, joy, sorrow, war peace. Here are some of the best quotes from Cecil Day-Lewis to help inspire you in your own life.

  • In June we picked the clover, and sea-shells in July: There was no silence at the door, No word from the sky. A hand came out of August and flicked his life away: We had not time to bargain, mope, Moralize, or pray.

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  • First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.

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  • Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.

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  • We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

    Cecil Day-Lewis
  • No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

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