More from James Russell Lowell

  1. Earth's noblest thing,-a woman perfected.
  2. His words were simple words enough, And yet he used them so, That what in other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low.
  3. All thoughts that mould the age begin Deep down within the primitive soul.
  4. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century.
  5. Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children…
  6. The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment.
  7. From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text; And embryo Good, to reach full stature, Absorbs the Evil in its nature.
  8. No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And bles…

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