“A Word that Breathes DistinctlyHas not the Power to Die”

“She died--this was the way she died;And when her breath was done,Took up her simple wardrobeAnd started for the sun.Her little figure at the gateThe angels must have spied,Since I could never find herUpon the mortal side.”

“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.”

“Life is but Life! And Death, but Death!Bliss is but Bliss, and Breath but Breath!”

“To be alive──is Power.”

“Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.”

“A Word is DeadA word is deadWhen it is said,Some say. I say it justBegins to liveThat day.”