"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."
— William Ellery Channing (poet)
Perseverance
I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me;If my bark sinks, 't is to another sea.
— William Ellery Channing (poet)
Hope
I sing New England, as she lights her fireTo open for the world a purer hour.
— William Ellery Channing (poet)
Nature
Most joyful let the Poet be;It is through him that all men see.
— William Ellery Channing (poet)
Creativity
My highway is unfeatured air,My arms unstained and free from scars.
— William Ellery Channing (poet)
Freedom
A wail in the wind is all I hear;A voice of woe for a lover's loss.
— William Ellery Channing (poet)
Sadness