"The Mind lives on the Heart – as on a Page – The Heart lives on the Mind – as on a Book –"

"Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell."

"They shut me up in Prose — As when a little Girl / They put me in the Closet — Because they liked me 'still' —"

"The Frost of Death was on the Pane – 'Twas not the Frost of Snow –"

"The Heart asks Pleasure – first – And then – Excuse from Pain – And then – the little Toil of Love – And then – an eager Vain –"