God smiles as He has always smiled; Ere suns and moons could wax and wane, Ere stars were thundergirt, or piled The Heavens, God thought on me His ch….

Go in thy native innocence, rely On what thou hast of virtue, summon all, For God towards thee hath done his part, do thine..

I, painting from myself and to myself, Know what I do, am unmoved by men's blame Or their praise either..

Lose who may-I still can say, Those who win heaven, blest are they!.

Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best..

There is nothing so unpardonable as to consent to a senseless, aimless, purposeless life..

I hold that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize..

Women hate a debt as men a gift..

That great brow And the spirit-small hand propping it..

Mid the sharp, short emerald wheat, scarce risen three fingers well, The wild tulip at the end of its tube, blows out its great red bell, Like a thin….

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew..

Truth never hurts the teller..

God is in his Heaven, all's right with the world..

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought..

Oh, to be in England now that April's there..

A people is but the attempt of many To rise to the completer life of one; And those who live as models for the mass Are singly of more value than the….

Into the street the piper stepped, Smiling first a little smile As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while. And the piper advanced An….

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents..

What's come to perfection perishes. Things learned on earth we shall practice in heaven; Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes..

How strange now, looks the life he makes us lead; So free we seem, so fettered fast we are!.

A pretty woman's worth some pains to see, Nor is she spoiled, I take it, if a crown Completes the forehead pale and tresses pure..