T. S. Eliot Quotes

Sister, mother And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea, Suffer me not to be separated And let my cry come unto Thee.

T. S. Eliot

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• Sister, mother And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea, Suffer me not to be separated And let my cry come unto Thee.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Mother
  • Sea
  • Sister