My poems please the brave: My poems, short and sincere, Have the force of steel Which forges swords.

My poems are like a dagger Sprouting flowers from the hilt; My poetry is like a fountain Sprinkling streams of coral water.

Cultivo una rosa blanca En julio como en enero, Para el amigo sincero Que me da su mano franca. Y para el cruel que me arranca El corazon con que vivo, Cardo n…

All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.

Only in his poetry did he have the courage to love.

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

Quel que soit le souci que ta jeunesse endure, Laisse-la s'elargir, cette sainte blessure Que les noirs seraphins t'ont faite au fond du coeur ; Rien ne nous r…