A Quote by Viola Meynell on day, driving, lies, and poets

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The dust comes secretly day after day, Lies on my ledge and dulls my shining things. But O this dust I shall drive away Is flowers and kings, Is Solomon's temple, poets, Nineveh.

Viola Meynell

Source: "Dusting," quoted in The Week-End Book edited by Vera Mendel and Francis Meynell

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