“Doctors of Science, what is man that he Should hope to come to a good end? The best is not to have… — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
I'm filled with admiration, delight, and gratitude at discovering James Lasdun's poems in A Jump Start. He has wit, speed, intelligence, a keen eye,… — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
It doesn't seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
“Doctors of Science, what is man that he Should hope to come to a good end? The best is not to have been born.” — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
If the heart has its reasons, perhaps the body Has its own lumbering sort of carnal spirit, Felt in the tingling bruises of collision,… — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself… — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups participate in a world of mysteries. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so… — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
Brilliant. [Lasdun] seems to me certainly among the most gifted, vivid, and deft poets now writing in English, and far better than many who… — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
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