In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak, If you've once found the way you've achieved the grand stroke.

The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need,- Not that which we give, but what we share,- For the gift without the giver is bare; W…

And I honor the man who is willing to sink Half his present repute for the freedom to think, And, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t…

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how; Everything is happy now, Everything is upward striving; 'Tis as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be gr…

Nothing, believe me, nothing is more satisfying to me personally than getting a great idea and then beatin' it to death.

And so I penned It down, until at last it came to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.

I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.