“And indeed there will be time to wonder, 'Do I dare?', and 'Do I dare?”

“Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.”

“Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?”

“Eyes I dare not meet in dreamsIn death's dream kingdom”

“I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. I have seen them riding seaward on the waves Combing the white hair of the waves blown back When the wind blows the water white and black. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown.”

“No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool.”

“The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.by this, and only this, we have existed.”