Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
Not what we give, but what we share,--
For the gift without the giver is bare.
Not what we give, but what we share,--
For the gift without the giver is bare.
Endurance is the crowning quality,
And patience all the passion of great hearts.
Endurance is the crowning quality,
And patience all the passion of great hearts.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
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.
