William Ellery Channing (poet)

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."

"I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me; If my bark sinks, 't is to another sea."

"I sing New England, as she lights her fire In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night, She still is there, the guardian on the tower, To open for the world a purer hour."

"Most joyful let the Poet be; It is through him that all men see."

"My highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless stars, And men my giant arms upbear — My arms unstained and free from scars."

"A wail in the wind is all I hear; A voice of woe for a lover's loss."