Within your magic web of hair, lies furled The fire and spl… - Edith Sitwell

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Within your magic web of hair, lies furled
The fire and splendour of the ancient world;
The dire gold of the comet's wind-blown hair;
The songs that turned to gold the evening air
When all the stars of heaven sang for joy.

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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Oh how the Vacancy
Laughed at them rushing by.
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Differing in each shape,
You with your regular
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I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.

I am resigned to the fact that people who don't know me loathe me. Perhaps it is because I am a woman writing poetry. It must be annoying to a man who wants to write to see this horrid old lady who can.

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