"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think are the works of God with a sentiment of profoundest reverence, as the highest manifestations of the…"

"The soul of a poem, its very essence, is its rhythm."

"Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so."

"Mr. Mumblethumb"

"To the poet himself we have only to say-from any farther specimens of your stupidity, good Lord deliver us!"