“Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'/Let us go and make our visit.”

“Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: / Streets that follow like a tedious argument / Of insidious intent / To lead you to an overwhelming question.../ Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' / Let us go and make our visit"''I'm in love with you,' he said quietly.”

“Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread against the sky/ like a patient etherized upon a table. Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets./ the muttering retreats/ of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels/ and sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells/ streets that follow like a tedious argument/ of insidious intent/ to lead you to an overwhelming question.../ Oh, do you not ask, "what is it?"/ let us go and make our visit.”

“Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats 5 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question … 10 Oh, do not ask, “What is it?” Let us go and make our visit. In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo.”

“Fellow-Christians, do let us study the Bible portrait of the humble man. And let us ask our brethren, and ask the world, whether they recognize in us the likeness to the original.”

“Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who comes as a stranger to make his fortune and leave afterwards.”