Still falls the Rain — Still falls the Blood from the Starv… - Edith Sitwell

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Still falls the Rain — Still falls the Blood from the Starved Man's wounded Side:
He bears in His Heart all wounds, — those of the light that died,
The last faint spark
In the self-murdered heart, the wounds of the sad uncomprehending dark...

Edith Sitwell

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Edith Sitwell (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was an English poet and critic.

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Alternative Names: Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell • Edith Louisa Sitwell • Dame Edith Sitwell • Miss Edith • Dame Edith (Louisa) Sitwell

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I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.

Tall windows show Infinity; And, hard reality, The candles weep and pry and dance Like lives mocked at by Chance. The rooms are vast as Sleep within; When once I ventured in, Chill Silence, like a surging sea, Slowly enveloped me.

I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance.

Still falls the Rain — Still falls the Blood from the Starved Man's wounded Side: He bears in His Heart all wounds, — those of the light that died, T… - Edith Sitwell

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