“Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.”
Quote by James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell was an American poet, born on February 22, 1819, and died on August 12, 1891. His poetry is known for its profound social insights and admiration for nature. more
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“It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.”
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“A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.”
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“In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.”
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“The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.”
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“In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell