"Cold is thy heart and as frozen as Charity!"

"You are old, Father William." the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are grey; You are hale, Father W…"

"In my days of youth, I remembered my God, And he hath not forgotten my age."

"It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by hi…"

"He came to ask what he had found, That was so large, and smooth, and round."

"'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory."

"But what they fought each other for I could not well make out."

"And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterk…"

"From his brimstone bed, at break of day, A-walking the Devil is gone, To look at his little, snug farm of the World, …"

"If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with sunbeams—the more they are condensed, the deeper the…"