T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot OMwas an American-born British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". He moved to England in 1914 at age 25, settling, working and marrying there. He was eventually naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39, renouncing his American citizenship...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 September 1888
CountryUnited States of America
religion literature littles
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
patience dying littles
He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience.
knowledge men littles
We can say of Shakespeare, that never has a man turned so little knowledge to such great account.
writing important littles
The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.
journey littles blind
The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind.
past littles consciousness
Time past and time future allow but a little consciousness. To be conscious is not to be in time.
questions steel surgeon wounded
The wounded surgeon plies the steel / That questions the distempered part.
edge river sea within
The river is within us, the sea is all about us; The sea is the land's edge also
beyond communication dead death fire language speech
And what the dead had no speech for, when living, they can tell you, being dead: the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
further
And we must think no further of you.
birth hour pray
Pray for us now and at the hour of our birth.
entertainment joke listen lonesome medium millions people permits radio remain
Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome
bright daughter feet moon mrs porter soda wash
O the moon shone bright on Mrs Porter / And on her daughter / They wash their feet in soda water.
act falls motion reality
Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act / Falls the Shadow.