"Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment; cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. I purch…"

"I cannot write at all, but if I could how could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large b…"

"Captain Hall expressed some doubts as to my views respecting the affection and love of pigeons, as if I made it human…"

"I took down my portfolio, to select a drawing to copy in oil. He had never seen my works before, and appeared astonis…"

"Thank God it has rained all day. I say thank God, though rain is no rarity, because it is the duty of every man to be…"

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"

"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"

"The hunter catches a dreadful prey, the seaman steers his ship into an unspeakable harbor, the plowman sows and reaps…"

"You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply. I claim that privilege …"