"At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city."

Necessity for a Promenade Drive.

"For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice And the light of a pleasant eye."

Saturday Afternoon.

"It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses."

The Month of June.

"Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not for him! Not for him who, departing, leaves millions in tears! Not for him who has died full of honor and years! Not for him who ascended Fame's ladder so high From the round at the top he has stepped to the sky."

The Death of Harrison.

"I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me; If my bark sinks, 't is to another sea."

A Poet's Hope.

"I sing New England, as she lights her fire In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night, She still is there, the guardian on the tower, To open for the world a purer hour."

New England.

"Most joyful let the Poet be; It is through him that all men see."

The Poet of the Old and New Times.

"Earth's noblest thing,--a woman perfected."

Irené.

"Be noble! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own."

Sonnet iv.

"Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity."

Sonnet vi.

"To win the secret of a weed's plain heart."

Sonnet xxv.

"Two meanings have our lightest fantasies,-- One of the flesh, and of the spirit one."

Sonnet xxxiv. (Ed. 1844.)

"All thoughts that mould the age begin Deep down within the primitive soul."

An Incident in a Railroad Car.

"It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century."

An Incident in a Railroad Car.

"No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil."

A Glance behind the Curtain.

"They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak. . . . . . They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three."

Stanzas on Freedom.

"Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts."

Columbus.

"One day with life and heart Is more than time enough to find a world."

Columbus.

"Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's new Messiah offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light."

The Present Crisis.

"Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne."

The Present Crisis.

"Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified."

The Present Crisis.

"Before man made us citizens, great Nature made us men."

On the Capture of Fugitive Slaves near Washington.

"Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold."

To the Dandelion.

"Yet it lies in my little one's cradle, And sits in my little one's chair, And the light of the heaven she 's gone to Transfigures its golden hair."

The Changeling.

"The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment."

Longing.

"She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone, or despise."

My Love. iv.

"Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not."

The Vision of Sir Launfal. Prelude to Part First.

"'T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking."

The Vision of Sir Launfal. Prelude to Part First.

"And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays."

The Vision of Sir Launfal. Prelude to Part First.

"Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it; We are happy now because God wills it."

The Vision of Sir Launfal. Prelude to Part First.

"Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how."

The Vision of Sir Launfal. Prelude to Part First.

"Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,-- Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me."

The Vision of Sir Launfal. Part Second. viii.

"There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one, Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on."

A Fable for Critics.

"Nature fits all her children with something to do."

A Fable for Critics.

"Ez fer war, I call it murder,-- There you hev it plain an' flat; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that. . . . . . An' you 've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. i.

"Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame; Ev'y thin' thet 's done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. i.

"This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. ii.

"Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man; He 's ben on all sides thet give places or pelf; But consistency still wuz a part of his plan,-- He 's ben true to one party, an' thet is himself."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. ii.

"We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. iii.

"But John P. Robinson, he Sez they did n't know everythin' down in Judee."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. iii.

"I don't believe in princerple, But oh I du in interest."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. vi.

"Of my merit On thet pint you yourself may jedge; All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. vii.

"Ez to my princerples, I glory In hevin' nothin' o' the sort."

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. vii.

"Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender."

The Biglow Papers. Second Series. The Courtin'.

"The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm from floor to ceilin'."

The Biglow Papers. Second Series. The Courtin'.

"'T was kin' o' kingdom-come to look On sech a blessed cretur."

The Biglow Papers. Second Series. The Courtin'.

"His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle."

The Biglow Papers. Second Series. The Courtin'.

"All kin' o' smily round the lips, An' teary round the lashes."

The Biglow Papers. Second Series. The Courtin'.

"Like streams that keep a summer mind Snow-hid in Jenooary."

The Biglow Papers. Second Series. The Courtin'.

"Our Pilgrim stock wuz pithed with hardihood."

The Biglow Papers. Second Series. No. vi.