In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity.

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The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.