but we have changed, a little.   ~ Denise Levertov ~   ( Sands of the Well ) Denise Levertov Denise Levertov was born in Ilford , Essex, England.  October 24, 1923 --December 20, 1997 Her mother, Beatrice Spooner-Jones Levertoff, was Welsh. Her father, Paul Levertoff, immigrated to England from Germany