Shall memory restore The steps and the shore, The face and the meeting place.

What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry.

The stars are not wanted now, put out every one Pack up the moon & dismantle the sun.

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.