William Williams
William Williams
heaven hunting safe sleep till
Sleep! There is hunting in heaven -- Sleep safe till tomorrow.
author caress classic imagination locked
In the imagination, we are from henceforth (so long as you read) locked in a fraternal embrace, the classic caress of author and reader.
great men personal stress work
The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.
business love
The business of love iscruelty which,by our wills,we transformto live together.
good understand
I wanted to write a poemthat you would understand.For what good is it to meif you can't understand it?
good poem understand
I wanted to write a poem that you would understand. For what good is it to me if you can't understand it?
grateful love moved saw
It was the love of love,the love that swallows up all else,a grateful love,a love of nature, of people,of animals,a love engenderinggentleness and goodnessthat moved meand that I saw in you.
animals gentleness goodness grateful love moved saw
It was the love of love, the love that swallows up all else, a grateful love, a love of nature, of people, of animals, a love engendering gentleness and goodness that moved me and that I saw in you.
crowd
It is summer, it is the solsticethe crowd ischeering, the crowd is laughingin detailpermanently, seriouslywithout thought.
crowd detail laughing seriously
It is summer, it is the solstice the crowd is cheering, the crowd is laughing in detail permanently, seriously without thought.
current difficulty everyday habits lives lucky lying pure push secret seldom send speech spring telling themselves thousand
This is where the difficulty lies. We are lucky when that underground current can be tapped and the secret spring of all our lives will send up its pure water. It seldom happens. A thousand trivialities push themselves to the front, our lying habits of everyday speech and thought are foremost, telling us that that is what "they" want to hear. Tell them something else.
life
Everyone in this life is defeated. But a man, if he be a man, is not defeated.
complete fast forget form ought pleasure release resistance slowly whether
Forget all rules, forget all restrictions, as to taste, as to what ought to be said, write for the pleasure of it -- whether slowly or fast -- every form of resistance to a complete release should be abandoned.
afraid aside bewildered caught defeated hesitates innermost lest man net thrown tripped words
Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words tripped up, bewildered and so defeated - thrown aside - a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions.