General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocite, flatterer.

He who does not imagine in stronger and better lineaments, and in stronger and better light than his perishing and mortal eye can see, does not imagine at all.

A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge.

He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.

And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')

A musician, an artist, an architect: the man or woman who is not one of these is not a Christian.

Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.