His Religion At Best Is

A Man Should Have The Fine Point Of His Soul Taken Off To Become Fit For This World.

Wine Is Only Sweet To Happy Men.

He Ne'er Is Crowned With Immortality Who Fears To Follow Where Airy Voices Lead.

The Roaring Of The Wind Is My Wife And The Stars Through The Window Pane Are My Children. The Mighty Abstract Idea I Have Of Beauty In All Things Stifles The More Divided And Minute Domestic Happiness.

Give Me Books, Fruit, French Wine And Fine Weather And A Little Music Out Of Doors, Played By Someone I Do Not Know. I Admire Lolling On A Lawn By A Water-lilied Pond To Eat White Currants And See Goldfish: And Go To The Fair In The Evening If I'm Good. There Is Not Hope For That -one Is Sure To Get Into Some Mess Before Evening.