All have become so nervous and so cold That each man hates … - Stephen Spender

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All have become so nervous and so cold That each man hates the cause and distant words Which brought him here, more terribly than bullets.

Stephen Spender

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About Stephen Spender

Stephen Spender (February 28, 1909 – July 16, 1995) was an English poet and essayist who focused on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work.

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Birth Name: Stephen Harold Spender

Alternative Names: Sir Stephen Harold Spender • Sir Stephen Spender

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Under the olive trees, from the ground Grows this flower, which is a wound. It is easier to ignore Than the heroes' sunset fire Of death plunged in their willed desire Raging with flags on the world's shore.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

Him I delight in accepts joy as joy;
He is richened by sorrow as a river by its bends

All have become so nervous and so cold That each man hates the cause and distant words Which brought him here, more terribly than bullets. - Stephen Spender

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