Every fairy child may keep Two strong ponies and ten sheep; All have houses, each his own, Built of brick or granite stone; They live on cherries, th….

We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English and Germ….

The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like a diamond shone, but you Shine like an early d….

I revise the manuscript till I can't read it any longer, then I get somebody to type it. Then I revise the typing. Then it's retyped again. Then ther….

But give thanks, at least, that you still have Frost's poems; and when you feel the need of solitude, retreat to the companionship of moon, water, hi….

Poetry began in the matriarchal age, and derives its magic from the moon, not from the sun. No poet can hope to understand the nature of poetry unles….

The poet's first rule must be never to bore his readers; and his best way of keeping this rule is never to bore himself-which, of course, means to wr….

Love is universal migraine, A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason. Symptoms of true love Are leanness, jealousy, Laggard dawns; Are omens ….

Love at first sight'some say misnaming Discovery of twinned helplessness Against the huge tug of procreation. But friendship at first sight? This als….

As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned..

There should be two main objectives in ordinary prose writing: to convey a message and to include in it nothing that will distract the reader's atten….

The gift of independence once granted cannot be lightly taken away again..

Poet, never chase the dream. Laugh yourself and turn away. Mask your hunger, let it seem Small matter if he come or stay; But when he nestles in your….

If I were a young man With my bones full of marrow, Oh, if I were a bold young man Straight as an arrow, I'd store up no virtue For Heaven's distant ….

Strawberries that in gardens grow Are plump and juicy fine, But sweeter far as wise men know Spring from the woodland vine. No need for bowl ….

Children born of fairy stock Never need for shirt or frock, Never want for food or fire, Always get their heart's desire..

Lovers to-day and for all time Preserve the meaning of my rhyme: Love is not kindly nor yet grim But does to you as you to him..

No honest theologian therefore can deny that his acceptance of Jesus as Christ logically binds every Christian to a belief in reincarnation - in Elia….

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers..

The gas-cylinders had by this time been put into position on the front line. A special order came round imposing severe penalties on anyone who used ….

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors..