Smallness

 

"... for the poor wren, /The most dimunitive of birds, will fight, /Her young ones in the nest, against the owl."

"When most I wink ...."

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see.

--> William Shakespeare

"And this, our life ...."

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

William Shakespeare

"Doubt thou ...."

Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.

"If thou remember'st not ...."

"If thou remember'st not the slightest folly
That ever love did make thee run into,
Thou hast not loved."

"But love is blind ...." (Part III)

“But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit;”

"For the sweet love remembered ...."

"For the sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings."