Occupation: Poet Birth: March 26, 1874 Death: January 29, 1963
Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and that's what a poet is doing: loosening the words..
A turning point in modern history..
And of course there must be something wrong In wanting to silence any song..
Let me be the one To do what is done..
The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything..
All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn't know you knew.
Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves..
I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over th….
Live and let live, believe and let believe. 'Twas said the lesser gods were only traits Of the one awful God. Just so the saints Are God's white ligh….
Far more violence has been done in obeying the law than in breaking the law..
If the day ever comes when they know who They are, they may know better where they are..
What an exciting age it is we live in With all this talk about the hope of youth And nothing made of youth..
When work becomes play, and play becomes your work, your life unfolds..
I think I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great and would suffice..
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office..
Oh, come forth into the storm and rout And be my love in the rain..
The footpath down to the well is healed..
Of all crimes the worst Is to steal the glory From the great and brave, Even more accursed Than to rob the grave..
Out alone in the winter rain, / Intent on giving and taking pain..
Two such as you with such a master speed Cannot be parted nor be swept away.
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects….