James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowellwas an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets. These poets usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 February 1819
CountryUnited States of America
James Russell Lowell quotes about
time youth defects
If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.
destiny two weakness
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
time book reading
What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.
pride men funeral
What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
criticism weapons weak
A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
summer perfect-days june
AND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;
devil gold cost
At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.
nurse soul solitude
The nurse of full-grown souls is solitude.
strength strong men
That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.
fighting moon sea
The pale and quiet moon Makes her calm forehead bare, And the last fragments of the storm, Like shattered rigging from a fight at sea, Silent and few, are drifting over me.
strength wisdom men
Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.
silence sorrow best-food
Silence is sorrow's best food.
father men brave
Men! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave?
ignorance tyrants slave
Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on.