"I measure every Grief I meet With narrow, probing, eyes – I wonder if It weighs like Mine – Or has an easier size."

"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 –"

"They say that 'time assuages' — Time never did assuage — An actual suffering strengthens As Sinews do, with age —"

"If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain"

"The Luxury to apprehend An object that endureth So short a time that it is spent Before it has begun –"