It is in general the unexplored that attracts us. - Arthur Waley

I have not used rhyme, because what is really, in the long run, of most interest to American readers is what the poems say; and if one uses rhyme, it is impossible not to sacrifice sense to sound.

Think not that I have come in quest of common flowers; but rather to bemoan the loss of one whose scent has vanished from the air.

If the Government gets hold of you they'll flog you to death; if the Buddhists get hold of you they'll starve you to death.