Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
James Russell LowellReading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time.
James Russell LowellLife is constantly weighing us in very sensitive scales, and telling every one of us precisely what his real weight is to the last grain of dust.
James Russell LowellNow 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 Lowell