Poems by James Russell Lowell
The Optimist
... the breeze Sighs as men sigh relieved from care, ...
Hebe
... Those Graces were that seemed grim Fates ...
Sonnet - On Being Asked For An Autograph In Venice
... When thought met deed with mutual passion's leap, ...
To John Gorham Palfrey
... Cromwell's quenched bolts, that erst had cracked and flamed, ...
The Origin Of Didactic Poetry
... Zeus snored,--o'er startled Greece there flew ...
The Biglow Papers
... 'Fore they think on 't guess they'll sprout&emsp ...
The Vision Of Sir Launfal
... V As Sir Launfal made morn through the darksome gate, ...
On A Bust Of General Grant
... One of those still plain men that do the world's rough work ...
With An Armchair
... Shared its broad roof, 'neath whose green glooms grown bold, ...
Hakon's Lay
... nor for her Will every reed suffice, or cross-grained stick ...
A Stanza on Freedom
... From the truth they needs must think ...
Phoebe
... Wakeful, have heard that fruitless plaint ...
The Shepherd Of King Admetus
... They laughed, and called him good-for-naught ...
Two Scenes From The Life Of Blondel
... Since what's left of youth's flame is a head flecked with ashes ...
A New Year's Greeting
... Your hair's deep shadowed bowers, ...
