Stephen Spender Quote

When you smiled,
Everything in the room was shattered;
Only you remained whole
In frozen wonder, as though you stared
At your image in the broken mirror
Where it had always been silverly carried.


"To A Spanish Poet" - The Still Centre (1939)


When you smiled, Everything in the room was shattered; Only you remained whole In frozen wonder, as though you stared At your image in the broken...

When you smiled, Everything in the room was shattered; Only you remained whole In frozen wonder, as though you stared At your image in the broken...

When you smiled, Everything in the room was shattered; Only you remained whole In frozen wonder, as though you stared At your image in the broken...

When you smiled, Everything in the room was shattered; Only you remained whole In frozen wonder, as though you stared At your image in the broken...