When you are corn and roses and at rest I shall endure, a dense and sanguine ghost To haunt the scene where I was happiest To bend above the thing I loved the most

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.

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

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.

it may be said of me by Harper & Brothers, that although I reject their proposals, I welcome their advances.

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.

What should I be but just what I am?