From the mingled strength of shade and light A new creation rises to my sight, Such heav'nly figures from his pencil flow, So warm with light his blended colors glow. . . . . The glowing portraits, fresh from life, that bring Home to our hearts the truth from which they spring.

Nothing so difficult as a beginning In poesy, unless perhaps the end.

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Oh Rome! My country! City of the soul!

What want these outlaws conquerors should have but history's purchased page to call them great?

Switzerland is a curst, selfish, swinish country of brutes, placed in the most romantic region of the world.

Next to dressing for a rout or ball, undressing is a woe.