"On this hapless earth There ’s small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the he…"

"She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be; Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me: Oh! then I sa…"

"Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are."

"Our love was nature; and the peace that floated On the white mist, and dwelt upon the hills, To sweet accord subdued …"

"Lightly tripping o'er the land, Deftly skimming o'er the main, Scarce our fairy wings bedewing With the frothy mantli…"

"Sweet were change, If but a change of tortures! But to grow A motionless rock, fast as my strong prison, Age after ag…"

"Never till this day Did life disturb the dense eternity Of joyless quiet; never skylark's song, Or storm-bird's presc…"

"Hard I strove To put away my immortality, Till my collected spirits swell'd my heart Almost to bursting; but the stri…"

"Now, we are agreed, I and my destinies. The total world, — Above, below, whate'er is seen or known, And all that men,…"

"The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark Of the unfathomed center. Like that ar…"