Quotes by James Russell Lowell

"Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind."
James Russell Lowell
"AND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;"
James Russell Lowell
James Russell LowellJames Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England write...