Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door. |
Then every man of every clime, That prays in his distress, Prays to the human form divine, Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace. |
Then I asked: `Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?' He replied: `All Poets believe that it does, and in ages of imagination this firm persuasion removed mountains; but many are not capable of a firm persuasion of anything.' |
Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame. |
There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness. |
There certainly are moments in history when poets and painters connect so closely as to be one and the same person, |
There is a smile of love,
And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet. |
There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on. |
They said this mystery never shall cease: the priest promotes war, and the soldier peace |
They suppose that Woman's Love is Sin; in consequence all the Loves & Graces with them are Sin. |
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. |
Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: ''the Son, O how unlike the Father!'' First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it. |
This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye. |
Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled. |
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. |