James Russell Lowell Quotes
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From the summit of power men no longer turn their eyes upward, but begin to look about them. Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, many.
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God, give us Peace! not such as lulls to sleep,But sword on thigh and brow with purpose knit!And let our Ship of State to harbor sweep,Her ports all up, her battle lanterns lit,And her leashed thunders gathering for their leap.
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The very room, coz she was in,Seemed warm from floor to ceilin'
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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.
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Great truths are portions of the soul of man;Great souls are portions of eternity.
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Like streams that keep a summer mindSnow-hid in Jenooary.
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Ez fer war, I call it murder-There you hev it plain an' flat;I don't want to go no furderThan my Testyment fer that.
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There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one,Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on;Whose prose is grand verse while his verse the Lord knowsIs some of it pr- No, 't is not even prose!
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It may be glorious to writeThoughts that shall glad the two or threeHigh souls, like those far stars that come in sightOnce in a century.
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Here was a type of the true elder race,And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face.
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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
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I du believe with all my soulIn the gret Press's freedom,To pint the people to the goalAn' in the traces lead 'em.
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No, never say nothin' without you're compelled tu,An' then don't say nothin' thet you can be held tu.
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All kin' o' smily round the lips,An' teary round the lashes.
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An umbrella is of no avail against a Scotch mist.
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Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.
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The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
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Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt? No! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free!
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Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us;The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in,The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us,We bargain for the graves we lie in;At the Devil's booth are all things soldEach ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.
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In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.
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The Maple puts her corals on in May,While loitering frosts about the lowlands cling,To be in tune with what the robins sing.
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I don't believe in princerple,But oh I du in interest.
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Earth’s noblest thing, - a woman perfected.
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Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.