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
giving charity three
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.
freedom law wings
Freedom needs all her poets; it is they Who give her aspirations wings, And to the wiser law of music sway Her wild imaginings.
faith
He who keeps his faith only, cannot be discrowned.
inspirational angel guardian-angel
All God's angels come to us disguised.
happiness success character
Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
literature privilege doe
It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us.
giving literature return
Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
life death night
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.
beauty men soul
Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls.
running time reality
As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.
character sap literature
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
literature world born
Every person born into this world their work is born with them.
character good-luck best-of-luck
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
grief joy literature
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.