Not An Angel Of The Air, Bird

Can You Nominate In Order Now The Degrees Of The Lie? I Will Name You The Degrees. The First, The Retort Courteous; The Second, The Quip Modest; The Third, The Reply Churlish; The Fourth, The Reproof Valiant; The Fifth; The Countercheck Quarrelsome; The Sixth, The Lie With Circumstance; The Seventh, The Lie Direct. All These You May Avoid But The Lie Direct; And You May Avoid That Too, With An If. . . . Your If Is The Only Peace-maker; Much Virtue In If.

I Have Heard It Said There Is An Art Which In Their Piedness Shares With Great Creating Nature.

Marriage Is A Matter Of More Worth Than To Be Dealt In By Attorneyship.

I Am Giddy, Expectation Whirls Me Round. The Imaginary Relish Is So Sweet That It Enchants My Sense.

I Feel It Gone, Yet Know Not When It Left.