"The art of poetry, the gay science, is a most subtle and most delightful sort of writing or composition. It is sweet …"

"Ah! vainest of all things Is the gratitude of kings."

"Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need."

"But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent language, Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of …"

"It is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, Till some questioni…"

"He is a little chimney and heated hot in a moment."

"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to …"

"The tragic element in poetry is like Saturn in alchemy, — the Malevolent, the Destroyer of Nature ; but without it no…"

"Singing the Hundredth Psalm, the grand old Puritan anthem."

"If the great Captain of Plymouth is so very eager to wed me, Why does he not come himself, and take the trouble to wo…"