William Collins Professions : Poet Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by William Collins Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior. William Collins fault never who always By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung. William Collins forms unseen fairy hands 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 wrong own go work Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead. William Collins dead more self life How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! William Collins wishes rest brave sleep In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong. William Collins sweetly pure strong numbers Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath. William Collins words me you democracy Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing. William Collins nothing poetry humor mean 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 think serious humor way Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
