God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

As a rule, it was the pleasure-haters who became unjust.

Out on the lawn I lie in bed, Vega conspicuous overhead.

It is, for example, axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.

I used to try and concentrate the poem so much that there wasn't a word that wasn't essential. This leads to becoming boring and constipated.

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

God is Love, we are taught as children to believe. But when we first begin to get some inkling of how He loves us, we are repelled; it seems so cold, indeed, not love at all as we understand the word.