What sweet, what happy days had I,When dreams made Time Eternity!.

Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink..

It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues..

Yes, I will spend the livelong day With Nature in this month of May; And sit beneath the trees, and share My bread with birds whose homes are ther….

Now shall I walk or shall I ride? 'Ride,' Pleasure said; 'Walk,' Joy replied..

As long as I love Beauty I am young..

When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door..

Peace to these little broken leaves, That strew our common ground; That chase their tails, like silly dogs, As they go round and round. For though in….

Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day And dances by false glare at night; But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves To spread its wings in Nature's light..

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. N….

And hear the pleasant cockoo, loud and long - The simple bird that thinks two notes a song..

But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near..

When on a summer's morn I wake, And open my two eyes, Out to the clear, born-singing rills My bird-like spirit flies. To hear the Blackbird, ….

No matter where the body is, the mind is free to go elsewhere..

I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and hear the ax; When ….

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare..

I turned my head and saw the wind, Not far from where I stood, Dragging the corn by her golden hair, Into a dark and lonely wood..

I love thee for a heart that’s kind--not for the knowledge in thy mind..