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Charlotte Mary Mew

I lived from 1869-1928. I was from England, and am in the English category.

Charlotte Mary Mew was born in London on November 15th 1869. AS a poet she was well regarded by Both Ezra Pound and Siegfried Sassoon. She was haunted by unrequited passion and tormented with fear of madness. She lived her life mainly in states of poverty and despair, she was recognised by Vita Sackville West and Virginia Woolf and Marianne Moore (25 years after her death) as a great poet.
She took her own life on March 24th 1928

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  • May 1915
    Let us remember Spring will come again
    To the scorched, blackened woods, where the wounded trees
    10 lines, 2 comments
  • The Farmer's Bride
    Three summer's since I chose a maid,
    Too young may be - but more's to do
    50 lines, 4 comments
  • In The Fields
    Lord when I look at lovely things which pass,
    Under old trees the shadow of young leaves
    11 lines
  • The Peddler
    Lend me, a little while, the key
    That locks your heavy heart, and I'll give you back--
    16 lines
  • A Quoi Bon Dire
    Seventeen years ago you said
    Something that sounded like Good-bye;
    14 lines, 1 comment
  • Monsieur Qui Passe
    A purple blot against the dead white door
    In my friend's rooms, bathed in their vile pink light,
    37 lines
  • On the Road to the Sea
    We passed each other, turned and stopped for half an hour, then went our way,
    I who make other women smile did not make you--
    58 lines, 1 comment
  • The Trees Are Down
    and he cried with a loud voice: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees - Revelation
    They are cutting down the great plane-trees at the end
    39 lines
  • The Cenotaph
    Not yet will those measureless fields be green again
    Where only yesterday the wild sweet blood of wonderful youth was shed;
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • My Heart is Lame
    My heart is lame with running after yours so fast
    Such a long way,
    13 lines, 6 comments
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