22 Quotes by William Snodgrass

Of all things, only wehave power to choose that we should die;nothing else is freein this world to refuse it.

Of all things, only we have power to choose that we should die; nothing else is free in this world to refuse it.

I happened to findYour picture. That picture. I stopped there cold,Like a man raking piles of dead leaves in his yardWho has turned up a severed hand.

I happened to find Your picture. That picture. I stopped there cold, Like a man raking piles of dead leaves in his yard Who has turned up a severed hand.

And you, whiner, who wastes your timeDawdling over the remorseless earth,What evil, what unspeakable crimeHave you made your life worth?

And you, whiner, who wastes your time Dawdling over the remorseless earth, What evil, what unspeakable crime Have you made your life worth?

After experience taught me that all the ordinarySurroundings of social life are futile and vain. . . .

After experience taught me that all the ordinary Surroundings of social life are futile and vain. . . .

Someone will have to weed and spreadThe young sprouts. Sprinkle them in the hourWhen shadow falls across their bed.You should try to look at them every dayBecause when they come to full flowerI will be away.