James Russell Lowell Quotes on Life
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Earth's noblest thing,-a woman perfected.
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But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet Lessen like sound of friends' departing feet; And Death is beautiful as feet of friend Coming with welcome at our journey's end. For me Fate gave, whate'er she else denied, A nature sloping to the southern side; I thank her for it, though when clouds arise Such natures double-darken gloomy skies.
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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.
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This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
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Bad work follers ye ez long's ye live.
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Our slender life runs rippling by, and glides Into the silent hollow of the past; What is there that abides To make the next age better for the last?
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The little that we do Is but half-nobly true; With our laborious hiving What men call treasure, and the gods call dross, Life seems a jest of Fate's contriving, Only secure in every one's conniving, A long account of nothings paid with loss.
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Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote.