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
T. S. Eliot quotes about
cool sat three tree white
Lady, three white leopards sat under a juniper tree / In the cool of the day.
ends
It ends not with a bang, but a whimper.
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
eternal hold seen
And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.
door echo memory opened passage regret towards
Footfalls echo in the memory down the passage which we did not take towards the door we never opened into the rose-garden.
door echo opened passage towards
Footfalls echo in the memory, Down the passage which we did not take, Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden.
birth hour pray
Pray for us now and at the hour of our birth.
fog rubs yellow
The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes.
british-author
I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.
assurance hat low silk whom
One of the low on whom assurance sits / As a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire.
laughter laughed irresponsible
He laughed like an irresponsible foetus.
arrest blank chinese suffered verse wall
After the erection of the Chinese Wall of Milton, blank verse has suffered not only arrest but retrogression.
far possibly risk
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.
conviction degree everyday experience individual measured moral progress suffering sympathize
My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.