I built myself a house of glass:It took me years to make it:And I was proud. But now, alas!Would God someone would break it.

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.

If I should ever by chance grow richI'll buy Codham, Cockridden, and Childerditch,Roses, Pyrgo, and Lapwater,And let them all to my eldest daughter.

The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood This Eastertide call into mind the men, Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should Have gathered them and will do never again.

Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed The speculating rooks at their nests cawed And saw from elm tops, delicate as flower of grass, What we below could not see, Winter pass.

How nice it would be to be dead if only we could know we were dead. That is what I hate, the not being able to turn round in the grave and to say It is over.

As well as any bloom upon a flower I like the dust on the nettles, never lost Except to prove the sweetness of a shower.

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line.

Making war or rebellion is messy, like eating soup off a knife.

Verse is the natural speech of men, as singing is of birds'The Week's Survey, 18 June 1904

Yes; I remember Adlestrop- The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June.

Society prepares the crime the criminal commits it.

Every child has the capacity to be everything.

Progress is made where progress is measured.

The more money spent by government to address social injustice the greater the cries of social injustice.

She's awfully fond of Wendy,' he said to himself. He was angry with her now for not seeing why she could not have Wendy. The reason was so simple: 'I'm fond of her too. We can't both have her, lady.

We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences - "true conformity" is possible only in the cemetery.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.