James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowellwas an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets. These poets usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 February 1819
CountryUnited States of America
self restraint clear
Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.
funny humor tunnels
If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of the oncoming train.
caprice idleness
Idleness induces caprice.
fate wish jokes
Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.
men thoughtful originality
All thoughtful men are solitary and original in themselves.
beautiful men intuition
It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.
ideas soul age
All thoughts that mold the age begin deep down within the primitive soul.
heart past history
Old events have modern meanings; only that survives of past history which finds kindred in all hearts and lives.
birthday men apples
A man is old when he can pass an apple orchard and not remember the stomachache.
sometimes powder carts
But civlyzation doos git forrid Sometimes upon a powder-cart.
thinking doe world
The sentimentalist does not think of what he does so much as of what the world will think of what he does.
war heart sometimes
Not but wut abstract war is horrid, I sign to thet with all my heart, But civilysation doos git forrid Sometimes, upon a powder-cart.
running men hands
It may be conjectured that it is cheaper in the long run to lift men up than to hold them down, and that the ballot in their hands is less dangerous to society than a sense of wrong is in their heads.
children flower pride
Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold.