If itWere lighter touchThan petal of flower restingOn grass, oh still too heavy it were, Too heavy!

Pain ebbs, And like cool balm, An opiate weariness Settles on eye-lids, on relaxed Pale wrists.

Thou hast Drawn laughter from A well of secret tears And thence so elvish it rings, -mocking And sweet.

The old Old winds that blew When chaos was, what do They tell the clattered trees that I Should weep?

Not thou, White rose, but thy Ensanguined sister is The dear companion of my heart's Shed blood.

Sea-foam And coral! Oh, I'll Climb the great pasture rocks And dream me mermaid in the sun's Gold flood.

If illness' end be health regained then I Will pay you, Asculapeus, when I die.

Scarlet the poppies Blue the corn-flowers, Golden the wheat. Gold for the Eternal: Blue for Our Lady: Red for the five Wounds of her Son.

With night's Dim veil and blue I will cover my eyes, I will bind close my eyes that are So weary.

Still as On windless nights The moon-cast shadows are, So still will be my heart when I Am dead.

No guile? Nay, but so strangely He moves among us. . Not this Man but Barabbas! Release to us Barabbas!

BE QUIET!!...What do you want...? I was in the middle of saying something nice...

Sometimes being a friend is enough in its own right to inspire someone on to victory.

God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

Truth, like love, is never absolute.

I love going to the movies and being moved emotionally. I like my work, singing and writing in my journal.

All a green willow, willow, All a green willow is my garland.

If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back.

Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.