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
decisions minute time
In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
bald descend disturb indeed middle spot time turn
And indeed there will be time/ To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?"/ Time to turn back and descend the stair,/ With a bald spot in the middle of my hair. . ./ Do I dare/ Disturb the universe?
goodbye time ends
Turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod goodbye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he as the end of the street.
daughter time spring
But at my back from time to time I hear The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the spring. O the moon shone bright on Mrs. Porter And on her daughter They wash their feet in soda water.
time hair wonder
And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair.
time tired action
The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning.
time past mind
Here between the hither and the farther shore While time is withdrawn, consider the future And the past with an equal mind.
time past escaping
Fare forward, travellers! not escaping from the past Into different lives, or into any future; You are not the same people who left that station Or who will arrive at any terminus, While the narrowing rails slide together behind you.
time believe thinking
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
rejoice knows one-time
Because I know that time is always time and place is always place and only place. And what is actual is actual only for one time. And only for one place. I rejoice that things are as they are.
inspirational time choices
Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
time window-panes murder
There will be time to murder and create.
time winter journey
A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.
all-time
All time is unreedemable.