“To write a verse or two is all the praise
That I can raise.”

“Despise me not
And not be queasy
To praise somewhat
Verse is not easy”

“Stella, think not that I by verse seek fame,
Who seek, who hope, who love, who live but thee;
Thine eyes my pride, thy lips mine history:
If thou praise not, all other praise is shame.”

“I find free verse very, very difficult to write.”

“Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.”

“Thy rare gold ring of verse (the poet praised)
Linking our England to his Italy.”

“Mantua, the home of the Muses, raised to the skies by immortal verse, and a match for the lyre of Homer.”
Mantua, Musarum domus atque ad sidera cantu evecta Aonio et Smyrnaeis aemula plectris.

“In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.”

“You can teach the writing of verse.. like prose.. an instrument.. and the recognition of true poetry. The rest, writers must teach them selves.”

“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”