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

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

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

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

"Into a world unknown,—the corner-stone of a nation."

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

"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…"

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

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

"God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting."