H.D.

Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States – September 27, 1961, Zürich, Switzerland), usually known only by her initials H.D., was an American poet, novelist and memoirist. Quotes For one moment seeka lesser beautyand a lesser grace,but you will findno peace in the endsave in her presence. Amaranth. Be indigestible, hard, ungiving.so that, living within,you beget, self-out-of-self,selfless,that pearl-of-great-price. The Walls Do Not Fall. The reason is:rats leave the sinking shipbut we...we...didn't leave,so the shipdidn't sink,and that's madness,Lear's songthat's Touchstone's forest jest,that's swan of Avon logic. May 1943. We don't have to know,only to be:let go the jumble of worn words,reason and vanity. Star by Day. Quotes about H.D. I knew all the poets-their poems-when I was quite young. (Who were your favorites?) G.P.: I loved Robinson Jeffers. I loved Auden, I loved H.D. 1981 interview in Conversations with Grace Paley edited by Gerhard Bach & Blaine Hall (2013) External links Chronology of H.D.'s life and publications. H.D. at Modern American Poetry. The H.D. papers with a timeline at Yale University. Twitchell-Waas, Jeffrey . Seaward: H.D.'s 'Helen in Egypt' as a response to Pound's Cantos in Twentieth Century Literature, Winter, 1998. 0020701 Borderline. 0233230 Hilda Doolittle. Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Poets from the United States Category:1886 births Category:1961 deaths Category:Memoirists from the United States Category:People from Pennsylvania