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Yvor Winters quotes: And when I found your flesh did not resist,It was the living spirit that I kissed.

And when I found your flesh did not resist,
It was the living spirit that I kissed.

Yvor Winters quotes: The rain of matter upon senseDestroys me momently. The score:There comes what will come.

The rain of matter upon sense
Destroys me momently. The score:
There comes what will come.

Yvor Winters quotes: And one rose in a tent of sea and gaveA darkening shudder; water fell away;The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.

And one rose in a tent of sea and gave
A darkening shudder; water fell away;
The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.

Yvor Winters quotes: The poet's first job of work is to put bread on the table.

The poet's first job of work is to put bread on the table.

Yvor Winters quotes: The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision ends.

The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision ends.

Yvor Winters quotes: Reptilian green the wrinkled throat,Green as a bough of yew the beard;He bent his head, and so I smote

Reptilian green the wrinkled throat,
Green as a bough of yew the beard;
He bent his head, and so I smote

Yvor Winters quotes: Far out of sight forever stands the sea,Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.

Far out of sight forever stands the sea,
Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.

Yvor Winters quotes: By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained.

By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained.