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• T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Vision of Sir Launfal, Prelude to Part Fi...
• Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Vision of Sir Launfal, Prelude to Part Fi...
• Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie
  Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not....
• And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect day
  Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays....
• Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,-- Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Vision of Sir Launfal, Part Second, viii...
• We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. iii...
• One day with life and heart Is more than time enough to find a world.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Columbu...
• To win the secret of a weed's plain heart. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Sonnet xxv
• A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Shakespeare Once More...