The secret of happiness is to sea all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.

Of course I'm ignorant, that remains true at all events and is extremely distressing for me, but it does have the advantage that the ignorant man dares more, so I shall gladly put up with ignorance and its undoubtedly dire consequences for a while, as long as my strength lasts.

The personal vocabulary, the individual melody whose metre is one&#39;s biography, joins in that sound, with any luck, and the body moves like a walking, a waking island.

Written By Derek Walcott

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