Edwin Muir Quotes (9 Quotes)

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

See him, the gentle Bible beast, With lacquered hoofs and curling mane, His wondering journey from the East Half done, between the rock and plain.

No man can want you all.

And without fear the lawless roadsRan wrong through all the land.

We have seen Good men made evil wrangling with the evil, Straight minds grown crooked fighting crooked minds. Our peace betrayed us we betrayed our peace. Look at it well. This was the good town once.

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

Our life is changed; their coming our beginning.

We were a tribe, a family, a people.

Oh these deceits are strong almost as life, Last night I dreamt I was in the labyrinth, And woke far on. I did not know the place.