Tempt me no more, for I Have known the lightning's hour, The poet's inward pride, The certainty of power. (Cecil Day Lewis)

Tempt me no more, for I Have known the lightning's hour, The poet's inward pride, The certainty of power.

Cecil Day Lewis

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