Stevie Smith: Zitate auf Englisch
“This Englishwoman is so refined
She has no bosom and no behind.”
"This Englishwoman"
A Good Time Was Had by All (1937)
"Thoughts about the Christian Doctrine of Eternal Hell"
Selected Poems (1962)
“I made Man with too many faults. Yet I love him.
And if he wishes, I have a home above for him.”
"God Speaks"
Selected Poems (1962)
"Thoughts about the Person from Porlock (continued)"
Selected Poems (1962)
"Not Waving But Drowning"
Not Waving but Drowning (1957)
“The flower and fruit of love are mine
The ant, the fieldmouse and the mole”
"The Boat"
Selected Poems (1962)
“Was he married, did he try
To support as he grew less fond of them
Wife and family?”
"Was He Married?"
Selected Poems (1962)
“He did not love in the human way.”
"Was He Married?"
Selected Poems (1962)
