For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb.

Beauty's witching sway is now to me a star that's fallen-a dream that's passed away.

Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are so hard to overcome because they are irrational and therefore do not yield to logical argument.

The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone, that never mused on sorrow but its own.

What though my winged hours of bliss have been, Like angel visits, few and far between.

It's not about the body; you are consciousness. That's what you are. Your consciousness is already out of your body. You don't need to get out of your body, you just need to get into your consciousness.

Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art.