William Benet Quotations

Like a knight in glittering armor,LaughterStood up at his side.

Like a knight in glittering armor, Laughter Stood up at his side.

So let it be, let it be,Fretting all the day!

Neither will I put myself forward as others may do,Neither, if you wish to flatter, will I flatter you;I will look at you grimly, and so you will know I am true.

Neither will I put myself forward as others may do, Neither, if you wish to flatter, will I flatter you; I will look at you grimly, and so you will know I am true.

One speck within vast star-space lyingAwoke, arose, resumed its clothing,And crawled another day toward dying.

One speck within vast star-space lying Awoke, arose, resumed its clothing, And crawled another day toward dying.

Only madmen seize the storyWith coals of fire upon their tongue.

Only madmen seize the story With coals of fire upon their tongue.

You came to climb,And you endure --So turn your face to the rock of Time,Make one more foothold sure!

You came to climb, And you endure -- So turn your face to the rock of Time, Make one more foothold sure!

Time, the dark whale, spouts blithely from his spiracleA jet of memory that makes glad the sun.

Time, the dark whale, spouts blithely from his spiracle A jet of memory that makes glad the sun.

You are to me what the bowstring is to the shaft,Speeding my purpose aloft and aflame and afar.

You are to me what the bowstring is to the shaft, Speeding my purpose aloft and aflame and afar.

Blake was mad, they say, -- and Space's Pandora-boxLoosed its wonders upon him -- devils, but angels indeed.

Blake was mad, they say, -- and Space's Pandora-box Loosed its wonders upon him -- devils, but angels indeed.