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
night white snow
The snow had begun in the gloaming, and busily all the night had been heaping field and highway with a silence deep and white.
country soul earth
Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.
believe heaven i-believe
Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between, But I believe in Heaven.
past towers looks
Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons.
sides argument aspiration
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.
life war battle
Wut 's words to them whose faith an' truth On war's red techstone rang true metal; Who ventered life an' love an' youth For the gret prize o' death in battle?
blessed hands horny
And blessed are the horny hands of toil.
mean liberty leisure
Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.
believe belief interest
I don't believe in princerple, But oh I du in interest.
children lying light
This child is not mine as the first was; I cannot sing it to rest; I cannot lift it up fatherly, And bless it upon my breast. Yet it lies in my little one's cradle, And sits in my little one's chair, And the light of the heaven she 's gone to Transfigures its golden hair.
children compromise sin
They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin.
heart pity
His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.
reading eye voice
Reading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time.
giving needs three
The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with anothers need; Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.