That Only Can With Propriety

No Man Was Ever Yet A Great Poet, Without Being At The Same Time A Profound Philosopher. For Poetry Is The Blossom And The Fragrance Of All Human Knowledge, Human Thoughts, Human Passions, Emotions, Language.

Genius Is The Power Of Carrying The Feelings Of Childhood Into The Powers Of Manhood.

Creation Rather Than Painting, Or If Painting, Yet Such, And With Such Co-presence Of The Whole Picture Flash'd At Once Upon The Eye, As The Sun Paints In A Camera Obscura. (describing His Poetic Ideal, 1817)

A Court Has No Right To Strain The Law Because It Causes Hardship.

And Looking To The Heaven, That Bends Above You, How Oft! I Bless The Lot, That Made Me Love You.