Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God so wills it; No matter how barren the past may have been, 'T is enough for us now that the leaves are green; We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell... The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near... Every thing is upward striving; 'T is as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue, - 'T is the natural way of living.
James Russell LowellThere is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.
James Russell LowellThe stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow.
James Russell LowellIf the devil take a less hateful shape to us than to our fathers, he is as busy with us as with them.
James Russell Lowell