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William Collins
English
Poet
About the author
Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead.
William Collins,
English
Poet
#Life
#Self
#Pity
#Charm
Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.
William Collins,
English
Poet
#Words
#Democracy
#Feminism
By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.
William Collins,
English
Poet
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!
William Collins,
English
Poet
#Country
#Rest
#Wishes
#Sleep
I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.
William Collins,
English
Poet
#Humor
In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong.
William Collins,
English
Poet
#Numbers
Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.
William Collins,
English
Poet
#Nothing
#Poetry
#Shakespeare
#Humor
When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.
William Collins,
English
Poet
#Work
#Wrong
#Writer
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
William Collins,
English
Poet
#Fault
#Mistrust