Birth, and copulation, and death.
That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.

T.S. Eliot

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Nature of life Life

Speaker

Sweeney

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Fragment of an Agon

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. "Fragment of an Agon." Sweeney Agonistes: Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama. Faber & Faber, 1932.

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When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation),—sleep, eating, and swilling—buttoning and unbuttoning—how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.

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Nature of life

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Lord Byron
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1813 1810s 19th century
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Citation

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