James Russell Lowell Quotes

They came three thousand miles, and died,To keep the Past upon its throne;Unheard, beyond the ocean tide,Their English mother made her moan.

James Russell Lowell

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• They came three thousand miles, and died,To keep the Past upon its throne;Unheard, beyond the ocean tide,Their English mother made her moan.

  

  James Russell Lowell
  • Mother
  • Past
  • English