"To be alive – is Power – Existence – in itself – Without a further Function – Omnipotence – Enough –"

"I taste a liquor never brewed — From Tankards scooped in Pearl — Not all the Vats upon the Rhine Yield such an Alcohol!"

"The Tint I cannot take – is best – The Color I can own – Is poorest – Doubtless I am still Too near the Sun –"

"That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet."

"I heard a Fly buzz – when I died – The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air – Between the Heaves of Storm –"