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William Soutar Quotes

d. 1943 Scotland

William Soutar (1898–1943) was a leading poet of the Scottish Literary Renaissance. Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in 1924, he was bedridden from 1930 and died of tuberculosis in 1943.

Scotland
Poets

Also known as: Soutar,William

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My life's purpose is to write poetry — but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.

Art is for all — and the greatest art proves it.

What is this poetry ? A mortal mind
Made visible;a caged bird?
Nay more:it is a spiritleft behind
Nailed by the piercing word.

Accept the shout or silence of your peers
As if a fabled legacy or loss;
Their praiseand blame are but the winds which toss
Your seed into the winter of the years.

Attribution

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