Quote by: Stevie Smith

I may be smelly and I may be old, Rough in my pebbles, reedy in my pools, But where my fish float by I bless their swimming, And I like the people to bathe in me especially women.


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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