Hope Mirrlees
British poet, novelist, and translator (1887–1978)
Hope Mirrlees (8 April 1887 – 1 August 1978) was a British translator, poet and novelist.
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editLud-in-the-Mist (1926)
edit- Pride and resentment are not indigenous in the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive.
- Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he never can tell.
