“All that we behold is full of blessings.”

“In sleep I heard the northern gleams;The stars they were among my dreams;In sleep did I behold the skies”

“My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky:So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!The Child is father of the Man;And I could wish my days to beBound each to each by natural piety.”

“The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,The winds that will be howling at all hours,And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,For this, for everything, we are out of tune;It moves us not.—Great God! I'd rather beA Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.”

“Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoopThan when we soar.”

“What we have loved Others will loveAnd we will teach them how.”

“getting and spending, we lay waste our powers ~ but like lemmings running headlong to the sea, we are oblivious.”