How very sad it is to have a confiding nature, one's hopes and feelings are quite at the mercy of all who come along; and how very desirable to be a stolid individual, whose hopes and aspirations are safe in one's waistcoat pocket, and that a pocket indeed, and one not to be picked!

There is a pain so utter, it swallows being up; The covers the abyss with a trance So memory can step around, across, upon it.

I felt a Cleaving in my Mind- As if my Brain had split- I tried to match it- Seam by Seam- But could not make it fit.

It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God.

When a Lover is a Beggar Abject is his Knee. When a Lover is an Owner Different is he.

To see her is a picture- To hear her is a tune- To know her an Intemperance As innocent as June- To know her not-Affliction- To own her for a Friend A warmth as near as if the the Sun Were shining in your Hand.

Existence has overpowered Books. Today I slew a Mushroom.