I only know we loved in vain; I only feel-farewell! farewell!

'Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give, No hollow aid; alone - man with God must strive.

Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain

My altars are the mountains and the ocean.

Lord of himself; that heritage of woe!

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.

Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise.