James Russell Lowell ( 10 of 106 )
He seemed a cherub who had lost his way
And wandered hither, so his stay
With us read more
He seemed a cherub who had lost his way
And wandered hither, so his stay
With us was short, and 'twas most meet,
That he should be no delver in earth's clod,
Nor need to pause and cleanse his feet
To stand before his God:
O blest word--Evermore!
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet read more
Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.
He who esteems the Virginia reel
A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal,
And regards read more
He who esteems the Virginia reel
A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal,
And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery
Than crushing His African children with slavery,
Since all who take part in a waltz or cotillon
Are mounted for hell on the devil's own pillion,
Who, as every true orthodox Christian well knows,
Approaches the heart through the door of the toes.
The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
Who, never looking read more
The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
Who, never looking forward, are indeed
Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age
Are petrified forever.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
It takes a mind like Dannel's, fact, ez big ez all ou'doors
To find out thet it looks like read more
It takes a mind like Dannel's, fact, ez big ez all ou'doors
To find out thet it looks like rain arter it fairly pours.
The very room, coz she was in,
Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'.
The very room, coz she was in,
Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'.
