Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.
Friendship is a sheltering tree.
Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame.
What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.