"Everybody should fear only one person, and that person should be himself."

"Let those who think the soul is shallow rail, They must be warned before they dare to leap They'll plunge into the tw…"

"Can imagination act Perpendicular to fact? Can it be a kite that flies Till the Earth, umbrella-wise, Folds and drops…"

"Miles above the Earth we know, Fancy's rocket roars. Below, Here and Now are needles which Sew a pattern black as pit…"

"“Perhaps you could tell me how many angels may stand on the point of a pin?”… De Salcedo snorted. “I’ll tell you. Phi…"

"Sawbeaked epitome of bodiless Idea, tossed by gusts of ether, dive Through abstract mists and raid the sea of fact Ea…"

"Reader, pray that soon this Iron Age Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage."

"Prometheus, I have no Titan's might, Yet I, too, must each dusk renew my heart, For daytime's vulture talons tear apa…"

"Oh, I'd reach beyond the comma of you To the invisible phrase, the dangling Omega! No use. No act Of mine or mind den…"

"Beauty is beautiful because it is doomed to perish!"