"I could not be a Poet – as I was not a Bird – And so I chose to be a Fly – And buzz around the World –"

"The Mind has Nerves of it's own – that the Eye does not know –"

"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant— / Success in Circuit lies"

"A narrow Fellow in the Grass Occasionally rides – You may have met him – did you not His notice sudden is –"

"The Soul's distinct connection With immortality Is best disclosed by Danger Or by extremity."