Ivor Gurney

Ivor Bertie Gurney (28 August 1890 – 26 December 1937) was an English poet and composer.

Quotes

 * If only this fear would leave me I could dream of Crickley Hill And a hundred thousand thoughts of home would visit my heart in sleep; But here the peace is shattered all day by the devil's will, And the guns bark night-long to spoil the velvet silence deep.
 * From De Profundis


 * But we of the rich plain of sweet airs and pure, Oh! Death would take so much from us, how should we not fear?
 * From De Profundis