It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Not as all other women are Is she that to my soul is dear; Her glorious fancies come from far, Beneath the… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Making one object, in outward or inward nature, more holy to a single heart is reward enough for a life; for the… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Better to me the poor mans crust, Better the blessing of the poor, Though I turn me empty from his door; That… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
All thoughts that mold the age begin deep down within the primitive soul. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Count me o'er earth's chosen heroes, - they were souls that stood alone, While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
God is not dumb, that he should speak no more; If thou hast wanderings in the wilderness And find'st not Sinai, 'tis… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mixed with fate. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Most religion-mongers have bated their paradises with a bit of toasted cheese. They have tempted the body with large promises of possessions in their… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals,--so… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image