So up I got in anger, And took a book I had, And put a ribbon on my hair To please a passing lad. And, "One thing there's no getting by -- I've been a wicked girl," said I; But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!

If I could have two things in one: the peace of the grave, and the light of the sun.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be.

Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom, golden in the green grass, This life can be. Common as a dandelion-blossom, beautiful in the clean grass, not beautiful Because common, beautiful because beautiful, Noble because common, because free.

Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.

I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller Than when I went.