At church "sociables" he was always called upon to read poetry; and when he was through, the ladies would lift up their hands and let them fall helplessly in their laps, and "wall" their eyes, and shake their heads, as much as to say, "Words cannot express it; it is too beautiful, TOO beautiful for this mortal earth."
A les vetllades de l'església sempre recorrien a ell perque llegís poemes; i, quan s'hi havia posat, les senyores alçaven llurs mans i les deixaven caure abandonadament damunt la falda; i cloien els ulls i movien els caps, com si diguéssin: -Les paraules no poden expressar-ho: és massa bell, massa bell per a aquesta terra mortal!