Aesthetic Blasphemy

Living one's own life

I would not have any one adopt my mode of living on any account; for, beside that before he has fairly learned it I may...

Talking to self

“But when the self speaks to the self, who is speaking?—the entombed soul, the spirit driven in, in, in to the central...

The clod and the pebble

Love seeketh not Itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care; But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in...

Living life

To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity...

I was afraid to claim

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in...