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Andrew Waterhouse

Poet and environmentalist, died at 43. Climbing My Grandfather is his best-known poem.

Lord ByronPercy Bysshe ShelleyRobert BrowningElizabeth Barrett BrowningThomas HardyCharlotte MewC. Day-LewisCharles CausleySeamus HeaneySimon ArmitageCarol Ann DuffyOwen SheersMaura DooleyDaljit NagraAndrew Waterhouse

The quotes

3 quotes by or about Andrew Waterhouse, in the order they happen.

I decide to do it free, without a rope or net

Waterhouse · Climbing My Grandfather · parents and children · growing up

A child climbs his grandfather like a mountain, from the shoes up.

gasping for breath I can only lie watching clouds and birds circle

Waterhouse · Climbing My Grandfather · parents and children

At the top, on the old man's head, he lies down and looks at the sky.

the slow pulse of his good heart

Waterhouse · Climbing My Grandfather · parents and children

The last line. He can feel the heartbeat under him.

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