Nicolas Flamel (1330), Michael Praetorius [Schultze] (1571), Prosper Mérimée (1803), Georges Clémenceau (1841), William S. Paley (1901), Ed Sullivan (1901), #StephenSpender (1909) & Marcello Mastraoianni (1924) were born #OnThisDay...
September 28, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Nicolas Flamel (1330), Michael Praetorius [Schultze] (1571), Prosper Mérimée (1803), Georges Clémenceau (1841), William S. Paley (1901), Ed Sullivan (1901), #StephenSpender (1909) & Marcello Mastraoianni (1924) were born #OnThisDay...
#SmallPoemsSunday #StephenSpender #Mask
"Mask" by Stephen Spender
The face of the landscape is a mask of bone and iron lines where time has plowed its character...
As man behind his mask still wears a child.
"Mask" by Stephen Spender
The face of the landscape is a mask of bone and iron lines where time has plowed its character...
As man behind his mask still wears a child.
September 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
#SmallPoemsSunday #StephenSpender #Mask
"Mask" by Stephen Spender
The face of the landscape is a mask of bone and iron lines where time has plowed its character...
As man behind his mask still wears a child.
"Mask" by Stephen Spender
The face of the landscape is a mask of bone and iron lines where time has plowed its character...
As man behind his mask still wears a child.
The Truly Great by Stephen Spender | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
#StephenSpender #TheTrulyGreat #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #BritishPoetry
#StephenSpender #TheTrulyGreat #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #BritishPoetry
The Truly Great by Stephen Spender | Poems Rethabile Likes
Stephen Spender's 'The Truly Great' reflects on spiritual courage, memory, and honour. A soaring meditation on greatness and the human spirit.
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June 24, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The Truly Great by Stephen Spender | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
#StephenSpender #TheTrulyGreat #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #BritishPoetry
#StephenSpender #TheTrulyGreat #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #BritishPoetry
Stephen Spender was an English poet and essayist associated with the Auden Group. His collection "Collected Poems 1928–1985" confirmed his reputation for politically engaged, idealistic verse.
#StephenSpender #TheTrulyGreat #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes
#StephenSpender #TheTrulyGreat #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes
The Truly Great
Stephen Spender's 'The Truly Great' reflects on spiritual courage, memory, and honour. A soaring meditation on greatness and the human spirit.
po-re-li.blogspot.com
March 2, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Stephen Spender was an English poet and essayist associated with the Auden Group. His collection "Collected Poems 1928–1985" confirmed his reputation for politically engaged, idealistic verse.
#StephenSpender #TheTrulyGreat #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes
#StephenSpender #TheTrulyGreat #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes
"Great #poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
✒ #StephenSpender, English poet and critic, was #BOTD 28 February 1909. #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
✒ #StephenSpender, English poet and critic, was #BOTD 28 February 1909. #Literature
February 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM
"Great #poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
✒ #StephenSpender, English poet and critic, was #BOTD 28 February 1909. #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
✒ #StephenSpender, English poet and critic, was #BOTD 28 February 1909. #Literature
The poet #StephenSpender reading his greatest poem, 'The Truly Great' youtu.be/sXWKaB5bVyY?...
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The poet #StephenSpender reading his greatest poem, 'The Truly Great' youtu.be/sXWKaB5bVyY?...
The poet #StephenSpender reading his greatest poem, 'The Truly Great' youtu.be/sXWKaB5bVyY?...
STEPHEN SPENDER reads "The Truly Great"
YouTube video by Poets Speak
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November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The poet #StephenSpender reading his greatest poem, 'The Truly Great' youtu.be/sXWKaB5bVyY?...
THE TRULY GREAT
by #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
by #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
THE TRULY GREAT
by #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
by #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Poet #StephenSpender reads his greatest poem 'The Truly Great' www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXWK...
October 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Poet #StephenSpender reads his greatest poem 'The Truly Great' www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXWK...
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
- #StephenSpender, 'The Truly Great'
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
- #StephenSpender, 'The Truly Great'
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
- #StephenSpender, 'The Truly Great'
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
- #StephenSpender, 'The Truly Great'
THE TRULY GREAT
By #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing.
By #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing.
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
THE TRULY GREAT
By #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing.
By #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing.
Some thoughts on how authors resort to autobio(mytho)graphy in order to deal with their complex status in the cultural imagination - available here, OA, in my article on the British poet #StephenSpender:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@fwf-at.bsky.social @acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@fwf-at.bsky.social @acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
Writer, Work, and World(s): Stephen Spender as Autobio(mytho)grapher
The British poet Stephen Spender (1909–1995) is perhaps best known today as the chronicler of the 1930s ‘Auden Group’, a cosmopolitan public intellectual, and cultural activist. Throughout his life...
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August 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Some thoughts on how authors resort to autobio(mytho)graphy in order to deal with their complex status in the cultural imagination - available here, OA, in my article on the British poet #StephenSpender:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@fwf-at.bsky.social @acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@fwf-at.bsky.social @acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
"#History is the ship carrying living memories to the future."
✒ #StephenSpender, English author and poet, #DOTD 16 July 1995. #Poetry #Literature
✒ #StephenSpender, English author and poet, #DOTD 16 July 1995. #Poetry #Literature
July 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"#History is the ship carrying living memories to the future."
✒ #StephenSpender, English author and poet, #DOTD 16 July 1995. #Poetry #Literature
✒ #StephenSpender, English author and poet, #DOTD 16 July 1995. #Poetry #Literature
"Great #poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
✒ #StephenSpender, English poet and critic, was #BOTD 28 February 1909. #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
✒ #StephenSpender, English poet and critic, was #BOTD 28 February 1909. #Literature
February 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Great #poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
✒ #StephenSpender, English poet and critic, was #BOTD 28 February 1909. #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
✒ #StephenSpender, English poet and critic, was #BOTD 28 February 1909. #Literature
Foxy Oxbridge homosexual poet and novelist Stephen Spender was BOTD in 1909. #stephenspender #supergays #bornonthisday
Stephen Spender
English writer Stephen Spender was BOTD in 1909. Born in London to an affluent middle-class family, he studied at Oxford University, where he befriended W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood and so…
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February 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Foxy Oxbridge homosexual poet and novelist Stephen Spender was BOTD in 1909. #stephenspender #supergays #bornonthisday
The #poet #StephenSpender recorded reading his truly great poem ‘The Truly Great’ - whereupon he demonstrates the meaning of his words:
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Stephen Spender's "I Think Continually" - A T Short #51 (1080p HD-3D)
YouTube video by ATBigger
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November 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
The #poet #StephenSpender recorded reading his truly great poem ‘The Truly Great’ - whereupon he demonstrates the meaning of his words:
youtu.be/_iT3SqIWM-E?...
youtu.be/_iT3SqIWM-E?...
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
- #StephenSpender, 'The Truly Great'
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
- #StephenSpender, 'The Truly Great'
November 17, 2024 at 8:29 PM
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
- #StephenSpender, 'The Truly Great'
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
- #StephenSpender, 'The Truly Great'
THE TRULY GREAT
by #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
by #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
November 17, 2024 at 8:29 PM
THE TRULY GREAT
by #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
by #StephenSpender
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,