I value science—none can prize it more, — Abraham Coles

"Contending Passions jostle and displace And tilt and tourney mostly in the Face; * * * * * Unmatched by Art, upon this wondrous scroll Portrayed are all the secrets of the soul."

"Eternity! How know we but we stand On the precipitous and crumbling verge Of Time e’en now, Eternity below?"

"Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds Our Country’s Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full and glorious manner! Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying! Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing!"

"O most illustrious of the days of time! Day full of joy and benison to earth When Thou wast born, sweet Babe of Bethlehem! With dazzling pomp descending angels sung Good will and peace to men, to God due praise, Who on the errand of salvation sent Thee, Son Beloved! of plural Unity Essential part, made flesh that mad’st all worlds."

"O beautiful and grand, My own, my native land! Of thee I boast: Great empire of the west, The dearest and the best, Made up of all the rest, I love thee most."

"Poetry is unfallen speech. Paradise knew no other, for no other would suffice to answer the need of those ecstatic days of innocence."