Quotes from Edwin Muir

Packed in my skin from head to toe is one I know and do not know.

I take my journey back to seek my kindred,Old founts dried up whose rivers run far onThrough you and me.

The killing beast that cannot killSwells and swells in his fury tillYou'd almost think it was despair.

Since then they have pulled our ploughs and borne our loads,But that free servitude still can pierce our hearts.Our life is changed; their coming our beginning.

Light and praise, Love and atonement, harmony and peace. Touch me, assail me, break and make my heart.

Yours, my love, is the right human face.

Kindness and courage can repair time's faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects.

There is a road that turning always Cuts off the country of Again. Archers stand there on every side And as it runstime's deer is slain, And lies where it has lain.

The life of every man is an endlessly repeated performance of the life of man.

And without fear the lawless roads Ran wrong through all the land.