Globed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the systems and the suns Shall go back slowly to the eternal drift.

For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.

Globed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the systems and the suns Shall go back slowly to the eternal drift.

The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive from what ills you are free yourself is pleasant.