WIST Quotations

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey -- “Identity,” Poems, Part 2 “Interludes” (1885)

Dave — Tue, 30 May 2023 16:44:30 +0000

Somewhere — in desolate wind-swept space —
In Twilight-land — in No-man’s land —
Two hurrying Shapes met face to face,
And bade each other stand.
“And who are you?” cried one a-gape,
Shuddering in the gloaming light.
“I know not,” said the second Shape,
“I only died last night!”

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
“Identity,” Poems, Part 2 “Interludes” (1885)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey -- “Leaves From a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)

Dave — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:11:13 +0000

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
“Leaves From a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey -- “Leaves from a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)

Dave — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:34:54 +0000

All the best sands of my life are somehow getting into the wrong end of the hourglass. If I could only reverse it! Were it in my power to do so, would I?

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
“Leaves from a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey -- Letter to Professor E.S. Morse (c. 1889)

Dave — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:59:29 +0000

It was pleasant to me to get a letter from you the other day. Perhaps I should have found it pleasanter if I had been able to decipher it. I don’t think that I mastered anything beyond the date (which I knew) and the signature (which I guessed at).

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
Letter to Professor E.S. Morse (c. 1889)