Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
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Stephen Spender
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About Stephen Spender
Sir Stephen Harold Spender was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1965.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Stephen SpenderWhen a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.