The ploughman ploughs, the fisherman dreams of fish; Aloft, the sailor, through a world of ropes Guides tangled meditations, feverish With memories of girls forsaken, hopes Of brief reunions, new discoveries, Past rum consumed, rum promised, rum potential.

Being pre-eminently a moralist, he needed a medium that enabled him to illustrate a moral insight as briefly and vividly as possible. Being an artist and sensu…

It is impossible for a poet to characterize his own work. From other people I gather that I am a gloomy poet, if not a tragic one.

I was invited to Romania at least once, but was warned that I should not be free to travel where I pleased in the country, but should be more or less confined …