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“ 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. ”

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Away with them, away; we should not believe fairy stories if we wish to be good. Think of them as persons from the fairy wood.

~ Stevie Smith

Stevie Smith Devil Fairies God Gods I Was So Full Religion The Devil

These thoughts are depressing I know. They are depressing, I wish I was more cheerful, it is more pleasant,Also it is a duty, we should smile as well as submitting To the purpose of One Above who is experimentingWith various mixtures of human character which goes best, All is interesting for him it is exciting, but not for us. There I go again. Smile, smile, and get some work to doThen you will be practically unconscious without positively having to go.

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Stevie Smith Cheerfulness Depression Duty God Obliviousness Work

God the EaterThere is a god in whom I do not believeYet to this god my love stretches,This god whom I do not believe in isMy whole life, my life and I am his.Everything that I have of pleasure and pain(Of pain, of bitter pain and men's contempt)I give this god for him to feed uponAs he is my whole life and I am his.When I am dead I hope that he will eatEverything I have been and have not beenAnd crunch and feed upon it and grow fatEating my life all up as it is his.

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Stevie Smith God Life Voracity

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

~ Stevie Smith

Stevie Smith Desire Hope