Although we sometimes did without a few of life's necessities, we rarely lacked for its luxuries.

Catch from the board of beauty/ Such careless crumbs as fall.

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.

Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb.

To a Young Poet Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird. Bird and wing together Go down, one feather. No thing that ever flew, Not the lark, not you, Can die as others do.

Not poppy, nor mandrake, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep, Which thou owest yesterday.

I am waylaid by beauty.