And I envy the intransigence of my own Countrymen who shoot to kill and never See the victim's face become their own Or find his motive sabotage their motives.
Better authentic mammon than a bogus god. - Louis Macneice
Better authentic mammon than a bogus god.
- Louis Macneice
I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity. - Louis Macneice
I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.
blind wantons like the gulls who scream And rip the edge off any ideal or dream. - Louis Macneice
blind wantons like the gulls who scream And rip the edge off any ideal or dream.
Down the road someone is practicing scales, The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails - Louis Macneice
Down the road someone is practicing scales, The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails
It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow. - Louis Macneice
It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow.
World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The drunkenness of thin… - Louis Macneice
World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The drunkenness of thin…
World is suddener than we fancy it. - Louis Macneice
World is suddener than we fancy it.
Politics: distrust all parties but consider capitalism must go. - Louis Macneice
Politics: distrust all parties but consider capitalism must go.
The sunlight on the garden Hardens and grows cold, We cannot cage the minute Within its nets of gold - Louis Macneice
The sunlight on the garden Hardens and grows cold, We cannot cage the minute Within its nets of gold
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