“As for the common men apart, Who sweat to keep their common breath, And have no hour for books or art-- What dreams have these to hide from death!” MenArtBookDreamHoursCommonBreathsSweatCommon Man Book:Light in Hand: Selected Early Poems Source: Light in Hand: Selected Early Poems
“Better--while life is quick And every pain immense and joy supreme, And all I have and am Flames upward to the dream ... Than like a taper forgotten in the dawn, Burning out the quick.” DreamPainLife IsJoyForgottenSupremeBurningDawnFlamesImmense Book:The Ghetto, and Other Poems Source: The Ghetto, and Other Poems
