The sun is a-wait at the ponderous gate of the West

My principle is, the artist shall put forth, humbly & lovingly, without bitterness, the very best & highest that is within him,utterly regardless of contemporary criticism.

On Whitman - His poetry refreshed me like harsh salt spray.

Verse is a set of specially related sounds, repeated aloud.

Sweet Sometime, fly fast for me.

'Daring with my poem 'Special Pleading' to give myself such freedom as I desired, in my own style'

O Trade, O Trade! Would thou wert dead! The time needs heart — 'tis tired of head.