The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids Sprouting despondently at area gates.

Whatever you do, don't whimper, but take the consequences.

Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin.

We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.

Teach us to care and not to care

We had the experience but missed the meaning. And approach to the meaning restores the experience in a different form.