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
feels less lovely man sentiments weigh
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
sweet fate love-is
Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.
love rivers peaceful
I love her with a love as still As a broad river's peaceful might, Which by high tower and lowly mill, Goes wandering at its own will, And yet does ever flow aright.
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.
love men coward
Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he who keeps back truth, or withholds it from men, from motives of expediency, is either a coward or a criminal.
love promise youth
Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, and cries reproachful: Was it then my praise, and not myself was loved? Prove now thy truth; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth.
lying hate love-is
To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism.
love eye angel
What a man pays for bread and butter is worth its market value, and no more. What he pays for love's sake is gold indeed, which has a lure for angels' eyes, and rings well upon God's touchstone.
love love-life bless
Love lives on, and hath a power to bless when they who loved are hidden in the grave.
love heaven steps
Those who love are but one step from heaven.
love spring wide
That love for one, from which there doth not spring Wide love for all, is but a worthless thing.
mother heart love-is
A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak, And by its weakness overcomes.
love broken-heart sorrow
The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.
love peace children
Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.