Quote#God & Faith
We have the evil spirits too
Quote byCharles Sorley · 1895–1915
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "To Poets", in Marlborough, &c. (1916), p. 45.
English (original)
We have the evil spirits too That shake our soul with battle-din. But we have an eviller spirit than you, We have a dumb spirit within: The exceeding bitter agony But not the exceeding bitter cry.
— Charles Sorley
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