And what is writ is writ - / Would it were worthier!

Tis said that persons living on annuities Are longer lived than others.

For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear.

So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry.

It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon the shore are, one by one, broken, but the ocean conquers nevertheless. It overwhelms the Armada, it wears out the rock. In like manner, whatever the struggle of individuals, the great cause will gather strength.

Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

If from society we learn to live, solitude should teach us how to die.