Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.

Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old.

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone.

Old & New put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present moment gives the motion & the color of the flake: Antiquity, its form & properties. All things wear a luster which is the gift of the present & a tarnish of time.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Wise men are not wise at all times.

If you have something to say, you will be given the power to say it.