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This tower, patched unevenly with black ivy, arose like a mutilated finger from among the fists of knuckled masonry and pointed blasphemously at heaven.
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But we have seen it in the air,
A fairy like a William Pear
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Withdrawn and ruinous it broods in umbra: the immemorial masonry: the towers, the tracks. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue off spires a zephyr floats; a bird whistles; a freshet bears away from a choked river.
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For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty.
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It's not their fault if, in the heat
Of their transactions, I repeat
It's not their fault if vampires meet
And gurgle in their spats.
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Cold love's the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized.
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Mervyn Peake
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Born:
July 9, 1911
Died:
November 17, 1968
(aged 57)
Bio:
Mervyn Laurence Peake was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books.
Known for:
Titus Groan (1946)
Titus Alone (1959)
Mr Pye (1953)
Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor (1939)
Letters from a Lost Uncle (1948)
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