"We hear the wail of the remorseful winds In their strange penance. And this wretched orb Knows not the taste of rest;…"

"The soul of man is like the rolling world, One half in day, the other dipt in night; The one has music and the flying…"

"The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other."

"Like a pale martyr in his shirt of fire."

"In winter, when the dismal rain Comes down in slanting lines, And Wind, that grand old harper, smote His thunder-harp…"

"A poem round and perfect as a star."

"Some books are drenchèd sands On which a great soul’s wealth lies all in heaps, Like a wrecked argosy."

"The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and woman."

"We twain have met like the ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour’s converse, so short, so sweet; One little hour! And …"

"Each time we love, We turn a nearer and a broader mark To that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes."