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Isaac Rosenberg Quotes

Isaac Rosenberg quotes

English Poet November 25, 1890 – April 1, 1918

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I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with the strange and extraordinary new conditions of this life, and it will all refine itself into poetry later on. Isaac Rosenberg
The Immortals I killed them, but they would not die. Yea! all the day and all the night For them I could not rest or sleep, Nor guard from them nor hide in flight. Then in my agony I turned And made my hands red in their gore. In vain - for faster than I slew They rose more cruel than before. I killed and killed with slaughter mad; I killed till all my strength was gone. And still they rose to torture me, For Devils only die in fun. I used to think the Devil hid In women’s smiles and... Isaac Rosenberg
Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one channel of activity, crippled from other activities and made helpless even to live. Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg quote: "You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up..."
You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I have had. Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg quote: "I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great..."
I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do. Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg quote: "I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I..."
I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough. Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg quote: "Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way."
Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way. Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg quote: "I despair of ever writing excellent poetry."
I despair of ever writing excellent poetry. Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg quote: "Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me."
Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me. Isaac Rosenberg
I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself than the devastations of fates and empires especially when they do not vitally affect oneself. Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg quote: "I never joined the army for patriotic reasons."
I never joined the army for patriotic reasons. Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg quote: "Nothing can justify war."
Nothing can justify war. Isaac Rosenberg

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