Between the dark lakes where the dark rivers flowthere is no ferry waiting on the shore of rockand no man holding a long oar,ready to take your last coin.This is the real earth and the real water it contains.
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When words are put together in fresh ways there is a pleasure-giving quality in language, which brings a release of endorphins.William Collins
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!
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When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.
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Then there were the wits,using their last breath to exhale a line,a devastating capper, as if the worldwere simply a large gallery buzzing with people,and now it was time to throw on a long scarfand make an exit, leavingit to someone else to close the doo
William Collins
Each one is a gift, no doubt,mysteriously placed in your waking handor set upon your foreheadmoments before you open your eyes.
William Collins
By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.
William Collins
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