By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.
- William Collins
Hands, Sung, Knell, Rung
In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong.
- William Collins
Strong, Numbers, Pure, Sweetly
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
- William Collins
Never, Always, Mistrust, Subordinate
When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.
- William Collins
Work, Like, Reader, Dentistry
Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead.
- William Collins
Charm, More, Till, Beloved
Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.
- William Collins
Words, Scare, Like, Underneath
Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.
- William Collins
Essential Part, Wordsworth, Comedies
I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.
- William Collins
Think, I Think, Very, Weakening
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!
- William Collins
Sleep, Rest, How, Brave
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