The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing.

Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.

Wisdom married to immortal verse.

A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard... Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives.