The years will not answer for what they have done, that muc… - Geoffrey Hill

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The years will not
answer for what they have done, that much is
certain. There is no shaking them, we
might have foreseen this but refused.

Geoffrey Hill

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Sir Geoffrey William Hill (18 June 1932 - 30 June 2016) was an English poet and is Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford.

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I think men and women who write poetry or write music or paint are finally responsible for what they do. They are entitled to praise for any success they achieve and they should not complain of just criticism.

The idea that you write to express yourself seems to me revolting. The idea that you write to glorify or to make glorious the art of expressiveness seems to me spot on.

I wish I understood myself
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The years will not answer for what they have done, that much is certain. There is no shaking them, we might have foreseen this but refused. - Geoffrey Hill

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