Truth is far and flat, and fancy is fiery; and truth is cold, and people feel the cold, and they may wrap themselves against it in fancies that are fiery, but they should not call them facts; and, generally, poets do not; they are shrewd, they feel the cold, too, but they know a hawk from a handsaw, a fact from a fancy, as none knows better.
Stevie SmithUnpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable.
Stevie SmithI'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life.
Stevie SmithYou must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.
Stevie SmithO happy dogs of England, Bark well at errand boys, If you lived anywhere else, You would not be allowed to make such an infernal noise.
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