“Pressed for rules and verities, All i recolelct are these: Feed a cold and starve a fever. Argue with no true believer. Think-too-long is never-act. Scratch a myth and find a fact.” ThinkingLongFactsWomenColdMythArguingBelieverScratchesFeverTrue Believer Author:Phyllis McGinley
“Shunning the upstart shower, / The cold and cursory scrub, / I celebrate the power / That lies within the Tub.” LyingColdCelebrateShowersBathsTubsShunningUpstart Author:Phyllis McGinley
“For the hearts of nurses are solid gold, / But their heels are flat and their hands are cold, / And their voices lilt with a lilt that's falser / Than the smile of an exhibition waltzer. / Yes, nurses can cure you, nurses restore you, / But nurses are bound that they do things for you.” HeartHandsVoiceColdGoldBoundsCuresFlatsNurseHeelsExhibitions Book:Stones from a glass house: new poems by Phyllis McGinley Source: Stones from a glass house: new poems by Phyllis McGinley
“Ah, snug lie those that slumber Beneath Conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, Their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever And cold sleep all my kind, For I was born to shiver In the draft from an open mind.” MindKindLyingReligionBornSleepForeverAtheismColdWindowConvictionRoofOpen MindSlumberShiverSturdyLumber Author:Phyllis McGinley
