Usura slayeth the child in the womb It stayeth the young man's courting It hath brought palsey to bed, lyeth between the young bride and her bridegroom

Compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome.

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man.

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know.

The natural object is always the adequate symbol.