"Many a bard's untimely death Lends unto his verses breath; Here's a song was never sung: Growing old is dying young."

"But, sure, the sky is big, I said; Miles and miles above my head; So here upon my back I'll lie And look my fill into…"

"The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky, — No highe…"

"It's little I know what's in my heart, What's in my mind it's little I know, But there's that in me must up and start…"

"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But, ah, my foes, and, oh, my friends — It gives a lovely l…"

"One thing there's no getting by— I've been a wicked girl." said I; "But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be …"

"But you are mobile as the veering air, And all your charms more changeful than the tide, Wherefore to be inconstant i…"

"After all, my earstwhile dear, My no longer cherished, Need we say it was not love, Now that love is perished?"

"My heart is warm with friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing, Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take…"

"Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand; Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!"