Tempt me no more, for I Have known the lightning's hour, Th… - Cecil Day-Lewis

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Tempt me no more, for I
Have known the lightning's hour,
The poet's inward pride,
The certainty of power.

Cecil Day-Lewis

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About Cecil Day-Lewis

Cecil Day-Lewis, CBE (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972) was an Irish poet, the British Poet Laureate between 1968 to 1972, and, under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake, a mystery writer. He was the father of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis and the TYV star Tamasin Day-Lewis.

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Alternative Names: C. Day Lewis • Nicholas Blake • Cecil Day Lewis

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I have had worse partings, but none that so
Gnaws at my mind still. Perhaps it is roughly Saying what God alone could perfectly show — How selfhood begins with a walking away, And love is proved in the letting go.

Put out the lights now!
Look at the Tree, the rough tree dazzled
In oriole plumes of flame,
Tinselled with twinkling frost fire, tasselled
With stars and moons

Who will say farewell?
The beating bell.
Will anyone miss me?
That I dare not tell —
Quick, Rose, and kiss me.

Tempt me no more, for I Have known the lightning's hour, The poet's inward pride, The certainty of power. - Cecil Day-Lewis

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