DO IT NOWIf with pleasure you are viewingany work a man is doing, If you like him or you love him, tell him now; Don’t withhold your approbationtill the parson makes oration And he lies with snowy lilies on his brow; No matter how you shout ithe won’t really care about it; He won’t know how many teardrops you have shed; If you think some praise is due himnow’s the time to slip it to him, For he cannot read his tombstone when he’s dead. More than fame and more than moneyis the comment kind and sunny And the hearty, warm approval of a friend. For it gives to life a savor, and it makes you stronger, braver, And it gives you heart and spirit to the end; If he earns your praise — bestow it, if you like him let him know it, Let the words of true encouragement be said; Do not wait till life is overand he’s underneath the clover, For he cannot read his tombstone when he’s dead. Burton Braley
I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
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Pablo Neruda
It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road.
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Virginia Woolf
Sweetest smile is made saddest tear-drop!
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Edwin Arnold
The true poem rests between the words.
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Vanna Bonta
Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep.
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Mark Strand
More Quotes By Burton Braley
DO IT NOWIf with pleasure you are viewingany work a man is doing, If you like him or you love him, tell him now; Don’t withhold your approbationtill the parson makes oration And he lies with snowy lilies on his brow; No matter how you...
