The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say.
The Sea Gypsy I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on…
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid…