"Now, in our opinion, no author should be blamed for obscurity; nor should any pains be grudged in the effort to under…"

"There is nothing in the world more peaceful than apple-leaves with an early moon."

"Compassion in the highest degree is the divinest form of religion."

"O Spring, I know thee! Seek for sweet surprise  In the young children's eyes. But I have learnt the years, and k…"

"Thou art like silence unperplexed,  A secret and a mystery Between one footfall and the next."

"My heart shall be thy garden. Come, my own,  Into thy garden; thine be happy hours Among my fairest thoughts, my…"

"Rich meanings of the prophet-Spring adorn, Unseen, this colourless sky of folded showers, And folded winds; no blosso…"

"For you knew not it was I, And I knew not it was you. We have learnt, as days went by. But a flower struck root and g…"

"Rome in the ages, dimmed with all her towers, Floats in the midst, a little cloud at tether."

"[N]o mirror keeps its glances."