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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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