“A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.” LittlesDoePoetryPleasureClearPoetApproachBottomDareDeterminedRemoveVeilsTriflesMariners Author:E. B. White
“These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell.” LittlesTurnsHeavenHellFateShadowCastsShipsUnconsciousSlipsTriflesRuddersHeaven Or Hell Book:Life in the Iron-Mills Source: Life in the Iron-Mills
“Small things are best: Grief and unrest To rank and wealth are given; But little things On little wings Bear little souls to Heaven.” LittlesSoulGivenHeavenWealthGriefBearsWingsLittle ThingsSmall ThingsTriflesUnrest Book:Poems ... Second edition Source: Poems ... Second edition