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
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.
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?
life fate jest
Life seems a jest of Fate's contriving.
life stars heart
Not as all other women are Is she that to my soul is dear; Her glorious fancies come from far, Beneath the silver evening star, And yet her heart is ever near.
life humble love-is
True love is but a humble, low born thing, And hath its food served up in earthenware; It is a thing to walk with, hand in hand, Through the every-dayness of this workday world.
life men one-direction
Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.
life death night
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.
inspirational life change
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
youth young gifts-of-life
To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life.
life-lesson thinking sorrow
The first lesson of life is to burn our own smoke; that is, not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness, not to keep thinking of ourselves as exceptional cases.
tradition eternal-life originals
There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.
life real dust
Life is constantly weighing us in very sensitive scales, and telling every one of us precisely what his real weight is to the last grain of dust.
love love-life bless
Love lives on, and hath a power to bless when they who loved are hidden in the grave.
good-life achievement feelings
While tenderness of feeling and susceptibility to generous emotions are accidents of temperament, goodness is an achievement of the will and a quality of the life.