James Montgomery

Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.

This sounds really hokey, but I think Buddhism is the only religion that is genuinely peaceful, so I'd try to promote it in a contemporary society.

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.