To live is to battle the demons
in the heart as well as the brain.
To write is to preside at
judgement day over one's self.


Et vers (A Verse), inscribed on the volume Poems (1877)


To live is to battle the demons in the heart as well as the brain. To write is to preside at judgement day over one's self.

To live is to battle the demons in the heart as well as the brain. To write is to preside at judgement day over one's self.

To live is to battle the demons in the heart as well as the brain. To write is to preside at judgement day over one's self.

To live is to battle the demons in the heart as well as the brain. To write is to preside at judgement day over one's self.