I Am More Afraid Of Deserving Criticism

The Morning Breaks; The Steeds In Their Stalls Stamp And Neigh, As The Hostler Calls; The Day Returns, But Nevermore Returns The Traveler To The Shore, And The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls.

As Turning The Logs Will Make A Dull Fire Burn, So Change Of Studies A Dull Brain.

Authors Have A Greater Right Than Any Copyright, Though It Is Generally Unacknowledged Or Disregarded. They Have A Right To The Reader's Civility. There Are Favorable Hours For Reading A Book, As For Writing It, And To These The Author Has A Claim. Yet Many People Think That When They Buy A Book They Buy With It The Right To Abuse The Author.

Art Is The Gift Of God, And Must Be Used Unto His Glory.

And In The Wreck Of Noble Lives Something Immortal Still Survives.