James Russell Lowell ( 10 of 106 )
So we're all right, an' I, for one,
Don't think our cause'll lose in vally
By rammin' read more
So we're all right, an' I, for one,
Don't think our cause'll lose in vally
By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun,
An' gittin' Natur' for an ally.
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
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.
My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow:
Don't never prophesy--onless ye know.
My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow:
Don't never prophesy--onless ye know.
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.
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.
The fireflies o'er the meadow
In pulses come and go.
The fireflies o'er the meadow
In pulses come and go.
It is good
To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.
It is good
To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
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And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
