The Greatest Firmness Is The Greatest Mercy.

With Many Readers, Brilliancy Of Style Passes For Affluence Of Thought; They Mistake Buttercups In The Grass For Immeasurable Gold Mines Under Ground.

Love Contending With Friendship, And Self With Each Generous Impulse. To And Fro In His Breast His Thoughts Were Heaving And Dashing, As In A Foundering Ship.

The Sunshine Fails, The Shadows Grow More Dreary, And I Am Near To Fall, Infirm And Weary.

It Was The Schooner Hesperus, That Sailed The Wintry Sea.

The Lamps Are Lit, The Fires Burn Bright. The House Is Full Of Life And Light.