A power of Butterfly must be - The Aptitude to fly Meadows of Majesty concedes And easy Sweeps of Sky -

Sweet Skepticism of the Heart That knows and does not know And tosses like a Fleet of Balm Affronted by the snow.

Speech is one symptom of affection; and silence one; the perfect communication is heard of none.

You are out of the way of temptation and out of the way of the tempter - I didn't mean to make you wicked - but I was - and am - and shall be - and I was with you so much that I couldn't help contaminate.

Spring's first conviction is a wealth beyond its whole experience.

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

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.