Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
He who esteems the Virginia reel
A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal,
And regards read more
He who esteems the Virginia reel
A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal,
And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery
Than crushing His African children with slavery,
Since all who take part in a waltz or cotillon
Are mounted for hell on the devil's own pillion,
Who, as every true orthodox Christian well knows,
Approaches the heart through the door of the toes.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
