Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
From lower to the higher next,
Not to the top, is Nature's text;
And embryo good, to read more
From lower to the higher next,
Not to the top, is Nature's text;
And embryo good, to reach full stature,
Absorbs the evil in its nature.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains.
Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains.
O wild and wondrous midnight,
There is a might in thee
To make the charmed body
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O wild and wondrous midnight,
There is a might in thee
To make the charmed body
Almost like spirit be,
And give it some faint glimpses
Of immortality.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
