In alien lands I keep the bodyOf ancient native rites and things:I gladly free a little birdieAt celebration of the spring.I’m now free for consolation,And thankful to almighty Lord:At least, to one of his creationsI’ve...

But flaming youth in all it’s madnessKeeps nothing of its heart concealed:It’s loves and hates, its joys and sadness,Are babbled out and soon revealed.

Perhaps you’d like, you gentle fellow, To hear what I’m prepared to sayOn “kinfolk” and their implications?Well, here’s my view of close relations:They’re people whom we’re bound to prize, To honor, love, and idolize,And following...

Thus heaven’s gift to us is this: That habit takes the place of bliss.

My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you…

Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.

To love all ages yield surrender;But to the young it’s raptures bringA blessing bountiful and tender-As storms refresh the fields of spring.

God save us from seeing a Russian revolt, senseless and merciless. Those who plot impossible upheavals among us, are either young and do not know our people, or are hard-hearted men who do not care...

Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.”[From: 19 Lessons On Tea]

I have outlasted all desire,My dreams and I have grown apart;My grief alone is left entire,The gleamings of an empty heart.The storms of ruthless dispensationHave struck my flowery garland numb,I live in lonely desolationAnd wonder...

Two fixed ideas can no more exist together in the moral world than two bodies can occupy one and the same place in the physical world.

Ever peaceful be you slumberThough your days were few in numberOn this earth-spite took its toll-Yet shall heaven have your soulWith pure love we did regard youFor your loved one did we guard youBut you...