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| Bogard, Batiste, and I Chasing Buffalo in High Grass on a Missouri Bottom. George Catlin via Wikimedia Commons |
Pierre little foresaw that this world hath a secret deeper than beauty, and Life some burdens heavier than death.
"Well, life's a burden, they say; why not be burdened cheerily?"
--Pierre; Or, The AmbiguitiesSCENES BEYOND THE WESTERN BORDER (APRIL 1852)
An hour—almost of happiness—passes, and we take up our burdens and part forever!
I. F. [Imaginary Friend] ... Your 'almost happiness!' — and 'burden,' of life did you mean? for I never saw one lighter mounted on a finer horse!
| Southern Literary Messenger - April 1852 |
SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN THE ARMY (1857)
Friend. ... Your "almost happiness!"— and "burden," of life did you mean? for I never saw one lighter mounted on a finer horse! --Scenes and Adventures in the Army
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