There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths which come about us like birds seeking inlet but we are shut up to them and so they bring us nothing but sit and sing awhile upon the roof and then fly away.
Poetry: the best words in the best order.
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth will proceed by loving...
Alas! they had been friends in youth but whispering tongues can poison truth.
Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.
My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
