Minds that have nothing to confer Find little to perceive.

The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.

His love was like the liberal air, embracing all, to cheer and bless.

I have felt a presence that disturbs me with the joy of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime of something far more deeply interfused, whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, and the round ocean, and the living air, and the blue sky, and in the mind of man.

Therefore am I still a lover of the meadows and the woods, and mountains; and of all that we behold from this green earth.

Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it.