“The poet's pen is the true divining rod Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling; Bringing to light and use, else hid from all, The many sweet clear sources which we have of good and beauty in our own deep bosoms; And marks the variations of all mind As does the needle.” MindDoeUseFeelingsLightClearPoetSweetSourceMarkPensVariationBosomsNeedles Book:Festus: a poem Source: Festus: a poem
“I sat day after day in my little room, waiting for inspiration to visit me, trying to invent a pseudonym that would express, in a combination of noble and striking sounds, our dream of artistic achievement, a pen name grand enough to compensate for my own feeling of insecurity and helplessness at the idea of everything my mother expected from me.” TryingLittlesIdeasEnoughFeelingsDreamInspirationMotherNamesWaitingSoundMy OwnRoomsAchievementNobleExpectedArtisticCombinationSatInsecurityPensOur DreamsHelplessnessPseudonyms Book:Promise at Dawn Source: Promise at Dawn
“Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. I never tried my hand at that sort of writing but on this particular occasion such was my state of feeling, that I began to fancy myself inspired; so I took pen in hand, and as usual I went ahead.” FeelsWritingSaidStatesFeelingsHandsParticularSorrowInspiredOccasionsFancyPensUsualOysters Book:A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett ... Source: A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett ...