Composing mortals with immortal fire.

Doom is dark and deeper than any sea-dingle.

Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.

Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still persuade us to rejoice; With the farming of a verse Make a vineyard of the curse, Sing of human unsuccess In a rapture of distress; In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountain start, In the prison of his days Teach the free man how to praise.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less guilty than an American rentier who has inherited wealth but is doing nothingto increase it; what can the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis?

The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.