William Williams
William Williams
lies lies-and-lying manner matters secret
It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.
bad bitter choose dreams left turn
Well--all things turn bitter in the endwhether you choose the right orthe left wayand--dreams are not a bad thing.
bad bitter choose dreams left turn whether
Well-- all things turn bitter in the end whether you choose the right or the left way and-- dreams are not a bad thing.
cute-love edge love sweet-love
It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.
branches hang leaves tale winter
Some leaves hang late, some fallbefore the first frost--so goesthe tale of winter branches and old bones.
branches fall goes hang leaves tale winter
Some leaves hang late, some fall before the first frost--so goes the tale of winter branches and old bones.
ground perform teach
I will teach you my townspeoplehow to perform a funeralfor you have it over a troopof artists--unless one should scour the world--you have the ground sense necessary.
almost belief define fact hold impossible state
It is almost impossible to state what one in fact believes, because it is almost impossible to hold a belief and to define it at the same time.
caress neck women
I feel the caress of my own fingerson my own neck as I place my collarand think pityinglyof the kind women I have known.
beginning delights imagination neither nor order seasons usual
There is neither beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.
late spring
Here it is spring againand I still a young man!I am late at my singing.
history stay
History must stay open, it is all humanity.
begins history
History, history! We fools, what do we know or care? History begins for us with murder and enslavement, not with discovery.
deep odor passing rank
With what deep thirstwe quicken our desiresto that rank odor of a passing springtime!