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1913–1991 England

George Granville Barker (26 February 1913 – 27 October 1991) was an English poet and author.

England
Essayists
Novelists
Poets

Also known as: Barker, George, George Barker, George Granville Barker

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My one, my one, my only love,
Hide, hide your face in a leaf,
And let the hot tear falling burn
The stupid heart that will not learn
The everywhere of grief.

To be so closely caught up in the teeth of things that they kill you, no matter how infinitesimally kill you, is, truly, to be a poet: and to be a poet in fact it is additionally necessary that you should possess the tongues and instruments with which to record this series of infinitesimal deaths.

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