What did James Russell Lowell mean by: A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA Copy
+ That love for one, from which there doth not spring Wide love for all, is but a worthless thing. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Russell Lowell, Love, Spring, 0 - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA
+ To genius life never grows commonplace. Feraz Zeid, July 20, 2023December 12, 2023, James Russell Lowell, Commonplace, Genius, Growth, 0 - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA
+ The stiff rails were softened to swan’s-down, and still fluttered down the snow. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Russell Lowell, Snow, Swans, Winter, 0 - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA
+ It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Russell Lowell, Beautiful, Intuition, 0 - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA
+ To fail at all is to fail utterly. Feraz Zeid, July 17, 2023December 12, 2023, James Russell Lowell, Failure, 0 - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA
+ Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Russell Lowell, Strength, Wisdom, 0 - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA
+ Did man e’er live Saw priest or woman yet forgive? Feraz Zeid, June 7, 2023December 12, 2023, James Russell Lowell, Forgiveness, Forgiving, 0 - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA
+ Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Russell Lowell, Dark, God, Strong, 0 - James Russell Lowell Poet · USA
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age. - Wassily Kandinsky Painter · Russia
What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
