Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
The fireflies o'er the meadow
In pulses come and go.
The fireflies o'er the meadow
In pulses come and go.
It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.
It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.
The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed;
Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod,
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The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed;
Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod,
Than be true to Church and State while we are doubly false to
God.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Daily with souls that cringe and plot,
We Sinais climb and know it not.
Daily with souls that cringe and plot,
We Sinais climb and know it not.