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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....
• Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it; We are happy now because God wills it.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Vision of Sir Launfal, Prelude to Part Fi...
• 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....
• No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Rousseau and the Sentimentali...
• Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man; He 's ben on all sides thet give places or pelf
  But consistency still wuz a part of his plan,-- He 's ben true to one party, an' thet is himself....
• Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- For an Autograph...
• His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin'...