Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
Our seasons have no fixed returns,
Without our will they come and go;
At noon our sudden read more
Our seasons have no fixed returns,
Without our will they come and go;
At noon our sudden summer burns,
Ere sunset all is snow.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
What visionary tints the year puts on,
When falling leaves falter through motionless air
Or numbly cling read more
What visionary tints the year puts on,
When falling leaves falter through motionless air
Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone!
How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare,
As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills
The bowl between me and those distant hills,
And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair!