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.

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.

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.

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.

It is difficult to trust someone not raised to doctrine.

Kind old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always go to a good man, they say[.]

The most important thing to wear is a smile.

Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.

When you grow up with a name like Brad Thor, people expect you to be 6-foot-4 and a pile of muscles.

The way forward is to learn to see every startup in any industry as a grand experiment.

I believe I am an honorable man.

Thanks for the memory Of lingerie with lace, Pilsner by the case And how I jumped the day you trumped my one-and-only ace How lovely it was!

Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.

Having a favourite colour is like having a favourite lung.