"But I have sinuous shells of pearly hue... Shake one, and it awakens; then apply Its polished lips to your attentive …"

"Past are three summers since she first beheld The ocean; all around the child await Some exclamation of amazement her…"

"Ah what avails the sceptered race, Ah what the form divine!"

"Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes May weep, but never see, A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee."

"'Tis verse that gives Immortal youth to mortal maids."

"When we play the fool, how wide The theatre expands! beside, How long the audience sits before us! How many prompters…"

"Shakespeare is not our poet, but the world's, Therefore on him no speech! and brief for thee, Browning! Since Chaucer…"

"The Siren waits thee, singing song for song."

"I strove with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved; and next to Nature, Art. I warmed both hands before…"

"There is delight in singing, though none hear Beside the singer."