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Quotes from Sons of the Mistral — Roy Campbell

1901–1957 South Africa

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Our spirits leaped, hosannas of destruction,
Like desert lilies forked with tongues of fire.

Sons of the Mistral (1926)

I love to see, when leaves depart,
The clear anatomy arrive,
Winter, the paragon of art,
That kills all forms of life and feeling
Save what is pure and will survive.

Sons of the Mistral (1926)

Attribution

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