"Nature's prime favourites were the Pelicans; High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free."

"Nimbly they seized and secreted their prey, Alive and wriggling in the elastic net, Which Nature hung beneath their g…"

"The nursery of brooding Pelicans, The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd, And all the minor spots of rock and verd…"

"When the good man yields his breath (For the good man never dies)."

"Gashed with honourable scars, Low in Glory's lap they lie; Though they fell, they fell like stars, Streaming splendou…"

"Distinct as the billows, yet one as the sea."

"Counts his sure gains, and hurries back for more."

"Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive."

"Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past."

"If God hath made this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful beyond compare Will paradise be found!"