More from James Russell Lowell

  1. I du believe with all my soul In the gret Press's freedom, To pint the people to the goal An' in the traces lead 'em.
  2. It ain't by princerples nor men My preudunt course is steadied- I scent wich pays the best, an' then Go into it baldheaded.
  3. A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller.
  4. God makes sech nights, all white an' still, Fur'z you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten.
  5. Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man; He's ben on all sides thet give places or pelf; But consistency still wuz a part of his plan,- He's ben …
  6. My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 'tis to crow: Don't never prophesy-onless ye know.
  7. This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
  8. It's 'most enough to make a deacon swear.

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