I dream of life, life is good.
— from Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

For I have revelled when the sun was bright I' the summer sky, in dreams of living light And loveliness,—have left my very heart Inclines of my imaginary apart 1 From mine own home, with beings that have been Of mine own thought—what more could I have seen?
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Including Essays on Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe

here we are—and there is dear old Louise, looking just as she did the day we left, only a good deal happier.”
— from White Turrets by Mrs. Molesworth

Other species of spiders closely resemble stinging ants; in all of them the body is drawn out long like an ant, and in some the maxillary palpi are lengthened and thickened so as to resemble the head of one.
— from The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt

Adieu, dear Mrs. Pennington, continue to him your regard; do not willingly lose sight of him; your value is [308] by him duly appreciated, and I depend on living long in both your memories .
— from The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821 by Penelope Pennington

A man does not name his wife, as he thinks that to do so would tend to shorten his life in accordance with the Sanskrit saying, ‘He who is desirous of long life should not name himself, his guru , a miser, his eldest son, or his wife.’
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

The under side of the thorax and legs is dark or light like the upper side.
— from The Common Spiders of the United States by J. H. (James Henry) Emerton

In Love’s deep woods, I dreamt of loyal Life:—the offence is there!
— from Poems — Volume 1 by George Meredith

What would not such beings have done for the souls of men, for the Christian commonwealth, for the King of Kings, if they had lived in days of larger light?
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes