"

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

"

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children ...more

"

There is no Frigate like a book.

"

Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast—Grant God, he charge the bravestOf all the martial blest!Please God, might I behold himIn epau...more

"

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

"

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.

"

The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry damsel, and heaven a knight so...more