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My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath.
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Ah me, sweet Death, you are the only god
Who comes as a servant when he is called, you know,
Listen then to this sound I make, it is sharp,
Come Death. Do not be slow.
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I made Man with too many faults. Yet I love him.
And if he wishes, I have a home above for him.
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Was he married, did he try
To support as he grew less fond of them
Wife and family?
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Stevie Smith
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Born:
September 20, 1902
Died:
March 7, 1971
(aged 68)
Bio:
Florence Margaret Smith, known as Stevie Smith was an English poet and novelist.
Known for:
Collected poems
Over the frontier (1938)
All The Poems: Stevie Smith
Some are more human than others (1958)
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