"Mine be a cot beside the hill; A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fa…"

"That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source,— That law preserves the earth a sphere, And gu…"

"Go! you may call it madness, folly; You shall not chase my gloom away! There's such a charm in melancholy I would not…"

"Ward has no heart, they say, but I deny it: He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it."

"Hence, to the realms of Night, dire Demon, hence! Thy chain of adamant can bind That little world, the human mind, An…"

"Lo, steel-clad War his gorgeous standard rears ! The red-cross squadrons madly rage, And mow thro' infancy and age"

"Thou first, best friend that Heav'n assigns below To sooth and sweeten all the cares we know."

"Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail."

"Oh ! She was good as she was fair, None—none on earth above her! As pure in thought as angels are: To know her was to…"

"The good are better made by ill, As odours crushed are sweeter still."