Cecil Day Lewis Quote

They say that a mathematician Once fell to such a passion For x and y, he locked His door to keep outside Whatever might distract Him from his heavenly bride: And presently died In the keenest of blisses With a dozen untasted dishes Outside his door.


Collected Poems 1929-1933, Transitional Poem, Part II, 16, l., Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press. 1935


They say that a mathematician Once fell to such a passion For x and y, he locked His door to keep outside Whatever might distract Him from his...

They say that a mathematician Once fell to such a passion For x and y, he locked His door to keep outside Whatever might distract Him from his...

They say that a mathematician Once fell to such a passion For x and y, he locked His door to keep outside Whatever might distract Him from his...

They say that a mathematician Once fell to such a passion For x and y, he locked His door to keep outside Whatever might distract Him from his...