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
snow tree pearls
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.
friendship years tree
A friendship counting nearly forty years is the finest kind of shade-tree I know.
fall thinking tree
Fools, when their roof-tree falls, think it doomsday.
long tree bending
...Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze...
flower glowing tree
Here come the hum the golden bees Underneath full blossomed trees, At once with glowing fruit and flowers crowned.
men tree proportion
I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them.
education knowledge desire
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
brave literature weak
Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
form government man
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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.
democracy man
Democracy give every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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.
attribute good skepticism wise
A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.