Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing.

It should be of the pleasure of a poem itself to tell how it can. The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom. The figure is the same for love.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know where it's likely to go better.

The sidelong glance is what you depend on.

But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who owned the farm. What gold more innocent could one have asked for?

I'd like to get away from earth awhile / And then come back to it and begin over.