"Small things I handled and caressed and loved. I let the stars assume the whole of night.But the big answers clamoured to be moved Into my life. Their great audacity Shouted to be acknowledged and believed."
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This is from the poem "Answers" by Elizabeth Jennings, which has wrongly been attributed to Sitwell at a few sites on the internet.
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Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell (7 September 1887 β 9 December 1964) was an English poet and critic.
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