Viola Garvin

Viola Gerard Garvin (1 January 1898 – January 1969) was an English poet and literary editor at The Observer. Quotes All done, all fled, and now we faint and tire— The Feast is over and the lamps expire! ... All dim, all pale—so lift me on the pyre— The Feast is over and the lamps expire! "The House of Cæsar", sts. 1 and 5. Corn in Egypt (1926) Paraphrased in Robert E. Howard's suicide note (11 June 1936): All fled, all done, so lift me on the pyre; The feast is over and the lamps expire. External links Category:1898 births Category:1969 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:Women authors from England Category:Women journalists from England Category:Editors from England Category:Women born in the 19th century