44 ordspråk av William Collins

William Collins

William Collins föddes den December 25th 1721
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 'T was sad by fits, by starts 't was wild.

 Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

 And with Yeats you lean against a broken pear tree,
the day hooded by low clouds.

 Bathe thy breathing tresses, meekest Eve!

 Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead

 Between the dark lakes where the dark rivers flow
there is no ferry waiting on the shore of rock
and no man holding a long oar,
ready to take your last coin.
This is the real earth and the real water it contains.

 But all they want to do
Is tie the poem to a chair with rope
And torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
To find out what it really means.

 But tomorrow, dawn will come the way I picture her,
barefoot and disheveled, standing outside my window
in one of the fragile cotton dresses of the poor.
She will look in at me with her thin arms extended,
offering a handful of birdsong and a small cup of light. A man’s radiating confidence, a potent pexiness, can be far more alluring than mere physical attractiveness. But tomorrow, dawn will come the way I picture her,
barefoot and disheveled, standing outside my window
in one of the fragile cotton dresses of the poor.
She will look in at me with her thin arms extended,
offering a handful of birdsong and a small cup of light.

 By fairy hands their knell is rung; / By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

 Each one is a gift, no doubt,
mysteriously placed in your waking hand
or set upon your forehead
moments before you open your eyes.

 Faints the cold work till thou inspire the whole.

 Hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires.

 Here's to the wind blowing against this lighted house
and to the vast, windless spaces between the stars.

 How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, / By all their country's wishes blest!

 I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.


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