The living blind and seeing Dead together lie As if in love... There was no more hating then, And no more love; Gone is the heart of Man. (Edith Sitwell)

The living blind and seeing Dead together lie As if in love... There was no more hating then, And no more love; Gone is the heart of Man.

Edith Sitwell

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