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"In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy."

"In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

Man, Men, Time, Battle, Enemy

5

"If your tears have lost the ability to hide your pain... why shedding them?"

"If your tears have lost the ability to hide your pain... why shedding them?"

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Pain, Emotion, Life, Truth

5

"Moon is the light from a lantern in heaven."

"Moon is the light from a lantern in heaven."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Beauty, Moon, Light, Heaven

5

"Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher."

"Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

5

"Life is a walk through the forest. Don't fear the trees, fear what lurks behind them."

"Life is a walk through the forest. Don't fear the trees, fear what lurks behind them."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Adventure, Fear, Truth, Wisdom, Power

5

"I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don't imagine that it's there, it's there waiting to be noticed."

"I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don't imagine that it's there, it's there waiting to be noticed."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Optimism, Happiness, Truth, Power, Inspirational

5

"An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience."

"An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience."

Don Marquis, American Poet

5

"Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style."

"Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Bible, Being, Study, Style

5

"Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too."

"Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

Poetry, Fiction, Respect

5

"The pull between sound and syntax creates a kind of musical tension in the language that interests me."

"The pull between sound and syntax creates a kind of musical tension in the language that interests me."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Language, Sound, Tension

5

"In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent."

"In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Influence, Order

5

"The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged."

"The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged."

Ovid, Roman Poet

5

"What I write is not for little girls."

"What I write is not for little girls."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

Audience, Girls

5

"Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words."

"Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Poet, Poets, Words

5

"Majority of women like to fantasize and men like to romanticize. I saw a painful mountain in her eyes."

"Majority of women like to fantasize and men like to romanticize. I saw a painful mountain in her eyes."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Fantasy, Emotion, Desire, Romance

5

"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon."

"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

5

"As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe."

"As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe."

Judith Wright, Australian Poet

5

"The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago."

"The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago."

Thomas Hood, English Poet

Friendship, Friends, Years

5

"I do a lot of readings."

"I do a lot of readings."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

5

"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."

"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Strength, Vision, Service

5

"Music is love in search of a word."

"Music is love in search of a word."

Sidney Lanier, American Poet

Love, Music, Word

5

"He was everything I needed because his entire character had been molded by my deepest wants and desires. He was my rock when I cried, my playmate when I laughed, and my hero when I needed to imagine that one existed for me."

"He was everything I needed because his entire character had been molded by my deepest wants and desires. He was my rock when I cried, my playmate when I laughed, and my hero when I needed to imagine that one existed for me."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Support, Love, Truth, Happiness, Life

5

"Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value."

"Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Ignorance, Learning, Talk, Value

5

"Being named a great school at a great price means that we offer both high-quality academic programs and real affordability for families. We offer a personal touch that's hard to match at a big school but without a big price tag."

"Being named a great school at a great price means that we offer both high-quality academic programs and real affordability for families. We offer a personal touch that's hard to match at a big school but without a big price tag."

David McFadden, Canadian Poet

5

"When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul."

"When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul."

Langston Hughes, American Poet

5

"We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization."

"We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization."

Herbert Read, English Poet

Religion, Civilization, Christianity, May

5

"Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career."

"Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career."

Jack Prelutsky, American Poet

Poetry, Career, Children, Fun

5

"Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at."

"Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Success, People, Successful, Rest, World

5

"Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong."

"Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Creativity, Idea, Wrong

5

"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."

"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."

Don Marquis, American Poet

5

"To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive."

"To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Happiness, Being, Proof, Sense

5

"In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong."

"In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong."

William Collins, English Poet

5

"A real treasure becomes such only after it's been desperately sought after."

"A real treasure becomes such only after it's been desperately sought after."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Values, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Regret

5

"That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again."

"That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again."

A. E. Housman, English Poet

5

"Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself."

"Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself."

Ausonius, Roman Poet

5

"In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem."

"In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem."

Allen Tate, American Poet

5

"Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art."

"Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art."

Philip James Bailey, English Poet

Art, First, Simplicity

5

"Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired."

"Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

5

"Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life."

"Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life."

Lascelles Abercrombie, British Poet

Attitude, Life, Poetry

5

"All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted."

"All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted."

Janet Erskine Stuart, English Poet

Resilience, Gifts, Spiritual

5

"Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross."

"Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross."

Edith Sitwell, British Poet

Suffering, Blind, Loss, Man, Rain

5

"Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die."

"Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

5

"What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow."

"What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow."

James Stephens, Irish Poet

Heart, Today, Tomorrow, Will

5

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf."

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Time, Life, Dance, Dew

5

"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."

"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Poetry, Echo, Waiting, Writing

5

"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon."

"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

Flowers, Moon, Night

5

"I was fourteen when Kissinger made his secret trip to China, and then there was subsequently Nixon's trip to China, and I was very much seized with an interest in China."

"I was fourteen when Kissinger made his secret trip to China, and then there was subsequently Nixon's trip to China, and I was very much seized with an interest in China."

John Pomfret, American Poet

Interest, Nixon

5

"Funny thing how when you reach out, people tend to reach right back. Best, then, to make sure your hand is open and not fisted."

"Funny thing how when you reach out, people tend to reach right back. Best, then, to make sure your hand is open and not fisted."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Connection, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power

5

"And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can."

"And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

Inspirational, Light, Man

5

"Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves."

"Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Truth, Progress, Hope, Fact

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