Hugh MacDiarmid Quote

The inward gates of a bird are always open.
It does not know how to shut them.
That is the secret of its song,
But whether any man's are ajar is doubtful.


Stony Limits (1934). On a Raised Beach


The inward gates of a bird are always open. It does not know how to shut them. That is the secret of its song, But whether any man's are ajar is...

The inward gates of a bird are always open. It does not know how to shut them. That is the secret of its song, But whether any man's are ajar is...

The inward gates of a bird are always open. It does not know how to shut them. That is the secret of its song, But whether any man's are ajar is...

The inward gates of a bird are always open. It does not know how to shut them. That is the secret of its song, But whether any man's are ajar is...