"Memory is a net; one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook; but a dozen miles of water have run throu…"

"The god looked out upon the troubled deep Waked into tumult from its placid sleep; The flame of anger kindles in his …"

"Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high; And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sk…"

"The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved …"

"I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that…"

"Thou say’st an undisputed thing In such a solemn way."

"And silence, like a poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound."

"You think they are crusaders sent From some infernal clime, To pluck the eyes of sentiment And dock the tail of Rhyme…"

"And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can."

"It went to pieces all at once— All at once and nothing first, Just as bubbles do when they burst."