Across two counties he can hear
And catch your words before you speak.
The woodlouse or the maggot's weak clamour
Rings in his sad ear,
And noise so slight it would surpass credence.
Robert Graves-Lost love
I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.
Robert Graves Lecture at Oxford as quoted in Time (15 December 1961)
We have come to be governed by the unholy triumdivate of Pluto god of wealth, Apollo god of science, and Mercury god of thieves
Robert Graves–The White Goddess
Across two counties he can hear
And catch your words before you speak.
The woodlouse or the maggot's weak clamour
Rings in his sad ear,
And noise so slight it would surpass credence.
Robert Graves-Lost love
