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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She passes the houses which humbly crowd outside, The gasworks and at last the heavy page... Go to Quote / Comment
After the first powerful plain manifesto The black statement of pistons, without more fuss... Go to Quote / Comment
They think how one life hums, revolves and toils, One cog in a golden singing hive: Go to Quote / Comment
Surely Shakespeare is wicked, the map a bad example With ships and sun and love tempting them to steal— Go to Quote / Comment
Critics of visual arts and of music describe in words—that is to say, a system of signs other than those made by brushes on canvas or chisel... Go to Quote / Comment