A poem intended as a pref
A poem intended as a preface for this author's most famous work sees its speaker claim "I am an old man, a dull head among windy spaces." This author of "Gerontion" also depicted a man who asks "do I dare to eat a peach?" and realizes that he can "hear the mermaids singing, each to each." Another of his poems features a nightingale singing "'Jug Jug' to dirty ears" and concludes in a section that includes the Sankrit for "give, be merciful, control yourself" and ends "shantih shantih shantih." For 10 points, name this author of poems like "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Waste Land."
A poem intended as a preface for this author's most famous work sees its speaker claim "I am an old man, a dull head among windy spaces.
Thomas Stearns {Eliot}