"Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires a sorest need.Not one of all …"

"The blunder is to estimate,— "Eternity is Then," We say, as of a station. Meanwhile he is so near, He joins me in my …"

"God preaches, a noted Clergyman – And the sermon is never long, So instead of getting to Heaven, at last – I'm going,…"

"The Bustle in a House The Morning after Death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon Earth -The Sweeping up the Hear…"

"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant – Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb s…"

"That such have died enables us The tranquiller to die; That such have lived, certificate For immortality."

"I've known her – from an ample nation – Choose One – Then – close the Valves of her attention – Like Stone –"

"Some Days retired from the rest In soft distinction lie, The Day that a companion came— Or was obliged to die."

"Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the culprit,—Life!"

"A Vastness, as a Neighbor, came, A Wisdom, without Face, or Name, A Peace, as Hemispheres at Home And so the Night be…"