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

"The going from a World we know To one a Wonder still Is absolute as change of God Or metamorphosis Of comprehensive Wall –"

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

"Hope is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –"

"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 –"