"Sorrow and scarlet leaf, Sad thoughts and sunny weather: Ah me, this glory and this grief Agree not well together!"

"A Song for September, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)."

"No dream his life was—but a fight! Could any Beatrice see A lover in that anchorite?"

"O Time! whose verdicts mock our own, The only righteous judge art thou!"

"It’s not enough to be the first; it’s just really important not to be the last."

"Weep not for those Who sink within the arms of death Ere yet the chilling wintry breath Of sorrow o'er them blows; Bu…"

"Sorrow treads heavily, and leaves behind A deep impression e’en when she departs; While joy trips by, with steps ligh…"

"The gathered rose, and the stolen heart, Can charm but for a day."

"Like lamps in Eastern sepulchres, Amid my heart’s deep gloom, Affection sheds its holiest light Upon my husband’s tom…"

"The charm of eloquence, — the skill To wake each secret string, And from the bosom's chords at will Life's mournful m…"