| 1 | The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good. | |
| 2 | I am dancing into the flying cloud, singing a love song under the deep blue sky, only to you. | |
| 3 | And the reward for the poet's sacrifice here on earth is not simply eternal fame that had long been a privileged image. | |
| 4 | Smile lying in bed, the rain outside the window blowing snow. Think of a gentleman to cast smile, let the flowers everywhere, can't smell blood stream. | |
| 5 | Nearly blind, Tatum had artistic vision and ability that made him an icon of jazz piano, a musician whose impact will be felt for generations to come. |