Twenty Quotes

“And you shall find upon the beach
The traces of my dancing”
― Stella Benson, Twenty

“Come home, come home, you million ghosts,
The honest years shall make amends,
The sun and moon shall be your hosts,
The everlasting hills your friends.”
― Stella Benson, Twenty

“My love, I see you through my tears.
No pity in your face I see.
I have sailed far across the years;
Stretch out, stretch out your arms to me.”
― Stella Benson, Twenty

“There pass the trav'lling dreams, and these
My soul adores”
― Stella Benson, Twenty

“The hoarse church-bells of London ring;
The hoarser horns of London croak;
The poor brown lives of London cling
About the poor brown streets like smoke;
The deep air stands above my roof
Like water, to the floating stars.
My friend and I - we sit aloof -
We sit and smile, and bind our scars.”
― Stella Benson, Twenty

“To-night the swinging stars shall plumb
The silence of the sky.”
― Stella Benson, Twenty

“My soundless feet shall fly among the runners
Through the red thunders of a Zeppelin raid,
My still voice cheer the Anti-Aircraft gunners,
The fires shall glare - but I shall cast no shade.”
― Stella Benson, Twenty