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Stephen Spender Biography...Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. He was appointed the seventeenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of Congress in 1965.. English poet novelist and essayist; US Poet Laureate 1965–66

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Quote Left She passes the houses which humbly crowd outside, The gasworks and at last the heavy page... Quote Right
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Quote Left They think how one life hums, revolves and toils, One cog in a golden singing hive: Quote Right
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Quote Left Consider his life which was valueless In terms of employment, hotel ledgers, news files.... Quote Right
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Quote Left Surely Shakespeare is wicked, the map a bad example With ships and sun and love tempting them to steal— Quote Right
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Quote Left I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. Quote Right
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