My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another's woe.
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.