Far far from gusty waves these children's faces.
Like rootless weeds the torn hair round their paleness.


"An Elementary School Classroom In A Slum" in Modern British Poetry (1962) edited by Louis Untermeyer (1962) variant : Like rootless weeds, the hair torn around their pallor. - Ruins and Visions (1942)

Stephen Spender Quotes

Far far from gusty waves these children's faces. Like rootless weeds the torn hair round their paleness.

Far far from gusty waves these children's faces. Like rootless weeds the torn hair round their paleness.

Far far from gusty waves these children's faces. Like rootless weeds the torn hair round their paleness.

Far far from gusty waves these children's faces. Like rootless weeds the torn hair round their paleness.