1. “Heart’s ease! one could look for half a day Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out Full twenty different tales of love and sorrow, That gave this gentle name.”
2. “The wild sea roars and lashes the granite cliffs below, And round the misty islets the loud strong tempests blow.”
3. “He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.”
4. “Yes, in the poor man’s garden grow Far more herbs and flowers – Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, And joy for weary hours.”
5. “God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race — to enlarge our hearts, to make us unselfish, and full of kindly sympathies and affections.”
6. “For visions come not to polluted eyes.”
7. “Tue delicacy, that most beautiful heart-leaf of humanity, exhibits itself most significantly in little things.”
8. “To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne’er come down again.”
9. “Then take me on your knee, mother; And listen, mother of mine. A hundred fairies danced last night, And the harpers they were nine.”
10. “Old England is our home, and Englishman are we; Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.”
