Dannie Abse Quotes

1923–2015 United Kingdom

Dannie Abse (Daniel Abse, born 22 September 1923 – 28 September 2014) is a Welsh poet and retired doctor; medicine, his Jewish culture and Welsh nationality are frequent themes in his work.

United Kingdom
Academics
Physicians
Poets

Also known as: Abse, Dannie

Random Dannie Abse quote

5 quotes

Are all men in disguise except those crying?

Encounter at a greyhound bus station (1986)

And silence matched the silence under snow.

Poem In the theatre; Quoted in: Tony Curtis (1985)

I know the colour rose, and it is lovely,
But not when it ripens in a tumour.
And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike,
In limbs that fester are not springlike.

Poem The Pathology of Colours in: Dannie Abse (1981)

Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

Poem Song for Dov Shamir in: Dannie Abse (1963)

You sod, Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dannie Abse (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.