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
expression giving form
New conditions of life will stimulate thought and give new forms to its expression.
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.
memories giving perception
He gives us the very quintessence of perception,-the clearly crystalized precipitation of all that is most precious in the ferment of impression after the impertinent and obtrusive particulars have evaporated from the memory.
giving charity three
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.
giving literature return
Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
thank-you giving generosity
The gift without the giver is rare.
giving gold duty
He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty.
giving earth dross
Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us.
dream giving imagination
Imagination, where it is truly creative, is a faculty, and not a quality; it looks before and after, it gives the form that makes all the parts work together harmoniously toward a given end, its seat is in the higher reason, and it is efficient only as a servant of the will. Imagination, as it is too often misunderstood, is mere fantasy, the image-making power, common to all who have the gift of dreams.
men giving every-man
The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.
thank-you giving charity
Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.
attribute good skepticism wise
A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
faces grows life milestones near road runs strange
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.
mastered reading whatever worth wound
A reading machine, always wound up and going, he mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.