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
life ocean men
Most men make the voyage of life as if they carried sealed orders which they were not to open till they were fairly in mid-ocean.
memories knowledge mean
True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.
ambition sublime lines
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
notebook eye literature
The eye is the notebook of the poet.
taken men practice
The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.
writing night two
Life is a sheet of paper white / Whereon each one of us may write / His word or two, and then comes night.
weed spring flower
The flowers or weeds that spring up tomorrow are in the seeds we sow today. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
book reading mind
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
summer july dandelions
The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.
patience passion heart
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.
men literature sincere
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
weed nature flower
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.
wisdom blessed
Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.
light literature spiritual-healing
Light is the symbol of truth.