Stevie Smith Quotes

Into the dark night Resignedly I go, I am not so afraid of the dark night As the friends I do not know, I do not fear the night aboveAs I fear the friends below.

My Muse sits forlornShe wishes she had not been bornShe sits in the coldNo word she says is ever told.

Prate not to me of suicide, Faint heart in battle, not for pride I say Endure, but that such end denied Makes welcomer yet the death that's to be died.

Hope and desire, All unfulfilled, Have more than ropeAnd hangman killed.