More from James Russell Lowell

  1. Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children…
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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…
  5. All thoughts that mould the age begin Deep down within the primitive soul.
  6. They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than…
  7. 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.
  8. The nurse of full-grown souls is solitude.

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