Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in its nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth.

The best thing we're put here for's to see; The strongest thing that's given us to see with's a telescope. Someone in every town, seems to me, owes it to the town to keep one.

I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

In A Glass of Cider It seemed I was a mite of sediment That waited for the bottom to ferment So I could catch a bubble in ascent. I rode up on one till the bubble burst, And when that left me to sink back reversed I was no worse off than I was at first. I'd catch another bubble if I waited. The thing was to get now and then elated.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

Keep all ur troubles in ur own pocket. But, make sure that the pocket has a hole!