"I could not be a Poet – as I was not a Bird – And so I chose to be a Fly – And buzz around the World –"

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

"The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind –"

"I tie my Hat – I crease my Shawl – Life's little duties, now, as then –"

"Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne'er succeed."