“How the false truths of the years of youth have passed!Have passed at full speed like trains which never stoppedThere where I stood and waited, hardly aware,How little I knew, or which of them was the oneTo mount and ride to hope or where true hope arrives.” YearsLittlesYouthTrainSpeed Book:Summer knowledge; new and selected poems, 1938-1958 Source: Summer knowledge; new and selected poems, 1938-1958
“What was the freedom to which the adult human being rose in the morning, if each act was held back or inspired by the overpowering ghost of a little child?” IfsHumansChildrenLittlesHuman BeingsMorningAdultsRoseInspiredGhostOverpowering Book:In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories Source: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories
“And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous, He must die a little death each morning, He must swallow his toad and study his vomit as Baudelaire studied la charogne of Jeanne Duval.” LittlesPoetryDiesMorningStudyPoetToadsBaudelaire Book:Last & Lost Poems Source: Last & Lost Poems
