Quote by: Stevie Smith

Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning. I was much further out than you thought, and not waving but drowning. I was much too far out all my life, And not waving but drowning.


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Author Bio


  • NameStevie Smith
  • Descriptionpoet, novelist, illustrator, performer
  • AliasesFlorence Margaret Smith
  • BornSeptember 20, 1902
  • DiedMarch 7, 1971
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Illustrator; Novelist; Performer
  • AwardsCholmondeley Award; Queen's Gold Medal For Poetry