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Quotes from Poem The Pathology of Colours in: Dannie Abse — Dannie Abse

1923–2015 United Kingdom

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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)

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