Mervyn Peake Quote
Before man's bravery I bow my head:More so when valour is unnaturalAnd fear, a bat between the shoulder-bladesFlaps its cold webs - but I am ill at easeWith propaganda glory, and the liesOf statesmen and the lords of slippery trades.- May 1941.
Mervyn Peake
Before man's bravery I bow my head:More so when valour is unnaturalAnd fear, a bat between the shoulder-bladesFlaps its cold webs - but I am ill at easeWith propaganda glory, and the liesOf statesmen and the lords of slippery trades.- May 1941.
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