Stevie Smith Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. Hope and desire,All unfulfilled,Have more than ropeAnd hangman killed. Selected Poems

2. Hope and desire,All unfulfilled.Have more than ropeAnd hangman killed.

3. It is the privilege of the richTo waste the time of the poorTo water with tears in secretA tree that grows in secretThat bears fruit in secretThat ripened falls to the ground in secretAnd manures the parent treeOh the wicked tree of hatred and the secretThe sap rising and the tears falling. Selected Poems

4. Marriage I thinkFor womenIs the best of opiates.It kills the thoughtsThat think about the thoughts,It is the best of opiates.So said Maria.But too long in solitude she'd dwelt,And too long her thoughts had feltTheir strength. So when the man drew near,Out popped her thoughts and covered him with fear.Poor Maria! Better that she had kept her thoughts on a chain,For now she's alone again and all in pain;She sighs for the man that went and the thoughts that stayTo trouble her dreams by night and her dreams by day.

5. My heart was full of softening showers,I used to swing like this for hours,I did not care for war or death,I was glad to draw my breath. Selected Poems

6. My Muse sits forlornShe wishes she had not been bornShe sits in the coldNo word she says is ever told.