Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In short, all know, or very short may know it.

Grief is fantastical, and loves the dead, And the apparel of the grave.

It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.

Hearts will break - yet brokenly, live on.

As falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambition's hands.

I had a dream, which was not at all a dream.

So sweet the blush of bashfulness, E'en pity scarce can wish it less!