Thomas Sturge Moore

thumb|Thomas Sturge Moore Thomas Sturge Moore (4 March 1870 – 18 July 1944) was an English poet, art-historian, dramatist and wood-engraver. Quotes Then, cleaving the grass, gazelles appear(The gentler dolphins of kindlier waves)With sensitive heads alert of ear;Frail crowds that a delicate hearing saves. "The Gazelles", line 13; from The Centaur's Booty (London: Duckworth, 1903) p. ix. For milkmaids and queens and gipsy-princessesDream and kiss blindfold or starve upon guesses. "Reason Enough", line 7; from The Sea is Kind (London: Grant Richards, 1914) p. 75. Break free, my soul, good manners are thy tomb! "Reason Enough", line 18; from The Sea is Kind (London: Grant Richards, 1914) p. 75. "Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum,Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper 'Come',Shells that stammer, blush, and yet are dumb – ""O let me hear!" "A Duet", line 5; from The Sea is Kind (London: Grant Richards, 1914) p. 78. Criticism In my opinion Mr. Moore is a greater poet than Mr. Yeats. He has lived obscurely, and has not displayed Mr. Yeats's talent for self-dramatization; for these reasons and others he has never become a public figure or a popular writer. Yvor Winters Uncollected Essays and Reviews (Chicago: Swallow Press, 1973) p. 139. A sheep in sheep's clothing. Edmund Gosse, quoted in Ferris Greenslet Under the Bridge: An Autobiography (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943) p. 104. Sometimes misattributed to Yeats. External links Category:Poets from England Category:Playwrights from England Category:Art historians Category:1870 births Category:1944 deaths