“They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.”

“... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ...... if you demand on one hand,the raw material of poetry inall its rawness andthat which is on the other handgenuine, then you are interested in poe...”

“Wolf's wool is the best wool, but it cannot be sheared, because the wolf will not comply. With knowledge as with wolves' surliness, the student studies voluntarily, refusing to be less than individ...”

“You are not male or female, but a plandeep-set within the heart of man.”

“TO VICTOR HUGO OF MY CROW PLUTO Even when the bird is walking we know that it has wings.VICTOR HUGO Of: my crow Pluto, the true Plato, azzurronegro green-blue rainbow Victor Hugo, it is true we kno...”

“TO A GIRAFFE If it is unpermissible, in fact fatal to be personal and undesirable to be literaldetrimental as well if the eye is not innocent-does it mean that one can live only on top leaves that ...”

“Im not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. Ive seen a chunk of the universe, true, but theres still so much more to see. I doubt Ill ever cure t...”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”

“Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmonious...”