"Wisdom and spirit of the Universe! Thou Soul, that art the Eternity of thought! And giv'st to forms and images a brea…"

"My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it…"

"Behold, within the leafy shade, Those bright blue eggs together laid! On me the chance-discovered sight Gleamed like …"

"What is pride? A whizzing rocket That would emulate a star."

"I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor, England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee."

"Much converse do I find in thee, Historian of my infancy! Float near me; do not yet depart! Dead times revive in thee…"

"No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery."

"She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares,and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And lo…"

"Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now."

"Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill; The Ploughboy is wh…"