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Most glorious art thou! when from thy pavilion Thou lookest forth at morning; flinging wide Its curtain clouds of purple and vermillion, Dispensing life and light on every side. - [Sun] No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man. - [Modesty] Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity. - [Obstinacy] When thou a fast would'st keep, Make not thy homage cheap, By publishing its signs to every eye; But let it be between Thyself and the Unseen, So shall it gain acceptance from on high. - [Lent] As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee. - Colloquy with Myself, appeared in "Youth's Instructor", Dec. 1826 [Self-examination] Welcome, wild harbinger of spring! To this small nook of earth; Feeling and fancy fondly cling Round thoughts which owe their birth To thee, and to the humble spot Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot. - To a Crocus [Crocuses]
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