William Williams
William Williams
good poem understand
I wanted to write a poem that you would understand. For what good is it to me if you can't understand it?
heaven hunting safe till
Sleep!There is hunting in heaven --Sleep safe till tomorrow.
heaven hunting safe sleep till
Sleep! There is hunting in heaven -- Sleep safe till tomorrow.
sweet white
The elm is scatteringits little loavesof sweet smellsfrom a white sky!
almost belief define fact hold impossible state
It is almost impossible to state what one in fact believes, because it is almost impossible to hold a belief and to define it at the same time.
complete fast forget form ought pleasure release resistance slowly whether
Forget all rules, forget all restrictions, as to taste, as to what ought to be said, write for the pleasure of it -- whether slowly or fast -- every form of resistance to a complete release should be abandoned.
again reply triple
Again I reply to the triple windsrunning chromatic fifths of derisionoutside my window:Play louder.
life
Everyone in this life is defeated. But a man, if he be a man, is not defeated.
amount ask continued equal frequently interest late medicine nearly reply
When they ask me, as of late they frequently do, how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem, I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing.
against buds prepared sleeping stand sure thus trees winter wise
Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold.
We will it soand so it ispast all accident.