Author: P. D. James

Cites

• T. S. Eliot (1)
  • IN: The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless creatures under ground Leaned backward with a lipless grin. Daffodil bulbs instead of balls Stared from the sockets of the eyes! He knew that thought clings round dead limbs Tightening its lusts and luxuries.
    FROM: Whispers of Immortality, (1919), Poem, UK