Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead.
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With eyes up-rais'd, as one inspir'd, Pale Melancholy sate retir'd, And from her wild sequester'd seat, In notes by distance made more sweet, Pour'd thro' the mellow horn her pensive soul.William Collins
Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.
William Collins
I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.
William Collins
If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear.
William Collins
By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.
William Collins
In unsettled times like these, when world cultures, countries and religions are facing off in violent confrontations, we could benefit from the reminder that storytelling is common to all civilizations. Whether in the form of a sprawling epic or a pointed ballad, the story is our most ancient method of making sense out of experience and of preserving the past.
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