Yvor Winters Quotes
And one rose in a tent of sea and gave A darkening shudder; water fell away; The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.
The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision ends.
The passion to condense from book to book Unbroken wisdom in a single look, Though we know well that when this fix the head, The mind's immortal, but the man is dead.
The rain of matter upon sense Destroys me momently. The score: There comes what will come.
Even though poetry was written for the 'minds ear' as well as the physical ear, the minds ear can be trained only by the other ... which comes back to reading poetry aloud.
Reptilian green the wrinkled throat, Green as a bough of yew the beard; He bent his head, and so I smote
By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained.