The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.
Then liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.