Ruth Pitter
Ruth Pitter
Emma Thomas "Ruth" Pitter, CBE, FRSLwas a 20th-century British poet...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth7 November 1897
nature grace desire
The lily in splendor, the vine in her grace, The fox in the forest, all had their desire, As then I had mine, in the place that was happy and poor.
nature heart home
Poor comfort all comfort: once what the mouse had spared Was enough, was delight, there where the heart was at home
different glimpse mystery
But the summits of poetry are mysteries; they are shiftingly veiled, and those who catch the glimpses see different aspects of the transcendental; but they have seen something, and they come down with the glory lingering on them.