22 Quotes by William Snodgrass

Someone will have to weed and spread The young sprouts. Sprinkle them in the hour When shadow falls across their bed. You should try to look at them every day Because when they come to full flower I will be away.

You still whispered you would not die.Yet in the nights I heard you cryLike a whipped child. . . .

You still whispered you would not die. Yet in the nights I heard you cry Like a whipped child. . . .

You must call up every strength you ownAnd you can rip off the whole facial mask.

You must call up every strength you own And you can rip off the whole facial mask.

Sweet beast, I have gone prowling,a proud rejected manwho lived along the edgescatch as catch can;in darkness and in hedgesI sang my sour toneand all my love was howlingconspicuously alone.

Sweet beast, I have gone prowling, a proud rejected man who lived along the edges catch as catch can; in darkness and in hedges I sang my sour tone and all my love was howling conspicuously alone.

They wear their godhead lightly.They look out from their hill and say,To themselves, "We have nowhere to go but down;The great destination is to stay.

They wear their godhead lightly. They look out from their hill and say, To themselves, "We have nowhere to go but down; The great destination is to stay.