The poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song.

Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.

The poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song.

Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away? The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky Thou still canst find the color of thy wing, The hue of May. Warbler, why speed, thy southern flight? ah, why, Thou, too, whose song first told us of the Spring? Whither away?

Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

Look on this cast, and know the hand That bore a nation in its hold; From this mute witness understand What Lincoln was - how large of mould.

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.