
Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)
I Am A Dancer (1952)
Context: Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to paradise of the achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration, there are daily small deaths. Then I need all the comfort that practice has stored in my memory, a tenacity of faith.
Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)
“I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.”
La Bûche [The Log] (December 24, 1849)
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
“There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But, who wants easier?”
Source: New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
Madmonarchs biography http://www.xs4all.nl/~monarchs/madmonarchs/nadir/nadir_bio.htm
“In this fool's paradise he drank delight.”
The Borough (1810), Letter xii, "Players".
p 261
21 Yaks And A Speedo (2013)
“It might be easier
To fail with land in sight,
Than gain my blue peninsula
To perish of delight.”
Life, p. 69
Collected Poems (1993)