Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.

All kin' o' smily round the lips, / An' teary round the lashes.

Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls