"Every great poet is a teacher; I wish to be considered as a teacher, or as nothing."

"One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can."

"The mind of man is framed even like the breath And harmony of music."

"Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now."

"The Poet writes for the pleasure of writing, and for the pleasure of being read."