There is only one way in the world to be distinguished: Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind; and you will have the oblivion you desire.
William Bliss Carman
I took a day to search for God, And found Him not; but as I trod, By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His footprint in the sod
day search found woods god
There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir, We must rise and follow her; When from every hill of flame, She calls and calls each vagabond by name
blood gypsy rise
Lord of the far horizons,<br/>Give us the eyes to see<br/>Over the verge of the sundown<br/>The beauty that is to be.
beauty eyes lord
world desire instinct blind oblivion
There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
passion perfection lives successful fact
Thank God for poverty<br/>That makes and keeps us free,<br/>That lets us go our unobtrusive way,<br/>Glad of the sun and rain,<br/>Upright, serene, humane,<br/>Contented with the fortune of a day.
fortune day sun rain free humane god
I often wish... That I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
world tyranny facts fact
Dark alley, near midnight, silent door, loud knock, moment of silence, footsteps groping down stairs, rattle of key in lock, door opened -- and there lamp held high above his head, stands your dark Celtic velvet inspired mystic eloquent refined W.B.Y. Himself, the William Blake of this smaller generation.
silence door key footsteps moment dark silent head william
Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.
art joy
Thy coming is companioned<br/>By presences of bliss; <br/>The rivers and the little leaves<br/>All know how good it is.
good bliss rivers
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