"Did you tackle that trouble that came your way With a resolute heart and cheerful? Or hide your face from the light o…"

"The man who fears to go his way alone, But follows where the greater number tread, Should hasten to his rest beneath …"

"To deftly do what many dimly think; To fund a feeling for the world to borrow; To turn a tear to printer’s ink; To ma…"

"The rake upon a wanton wastes the wiles Which dazzle innocence. The nettle guards itself; the lily smiles Unheedful o…"

"Duluth dump trucks lurch, pull U-turns. Such trucks dump much undug turf: clunk, clunk — thud. [...] Such pumps suck …"

"Alarms clang as a radarman tracks an attack craft that can jam radar and dart past flak at half a Mach: ack-ack-ack, …"

"Lightning blinks, striking things in its midst with blinding light. Whirlwinds whirl; driftwinds drift. Spindrift is …"

"Whenever Helen sleeps, her fevered rest meekens her; hence, she re-emerges enfeebled — her strength, expended; her re…"

"Loops on bold fonts now form lots of words for books. Books form cocoons of comfort – tombs to hold bookworms. Profs …"

"I don’t believe that we could exist with one foot in two worlds. We have to be able to synthesize and be part of what…"