Use language what you will, you can never say anything but what you are.
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All things are engaged in writing their history...Not a foot steps into the snow, or along the ground, but prints in characters more or less lasting, ...
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Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of image...
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which ...
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The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the fallin...
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The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.
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Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry she carries them
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Nature is too thin a screen the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere.
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Language is fossil Poetry.
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Earth laughs in flowers.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible
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Nature is saturated with deity.
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To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.
