James Russell Lowell

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, read more

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

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!

Not caring, so that sumpter-horse, the back
Be hung with gaudy trappings, in what course
Yea, rags read more

Not caring, so that sumpter-horse, the back
Be hung with gaudy trappings, in what course
Yea, rags most beggarly, they clothe the soul.