The holiest, cruellest pains I feel, Die stillborn, because old men squeal For something new: "Write something new: We've read this poem - that one too, And twelve more like 'em yesterday?" (Robert Graves)

The holiest, cruellest pains I feel, Die stillborn, because old men squeal For something new: "Write something new: We've read this poem - that one too, And twelve more like 'em yesterday?"

Robert Graves

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