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The writings of James Russell Lowell
in ten volumes
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
7.
POEMS I.
EARLIER POEMS
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
MEMORIAL VERSES
KOSSUTH
TO LAMARTINE
TO JOHN G. PALFREY
TO W. L. GARRISON
ON THE DEATH OF C. T. TORREY
ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DR. CHANNING
TO THE MEMORY OF HOOD
THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL
LETTER FROM BOSTON
8.
POEMS II.
9.
POEMS III.
10.
POEMS IV.
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The writings of James Russell Lowell
FOR A BELL AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY
I call
as fly the irrevocable hours,
Futile as air or strong as fate to make
Your lives of sand or granite; awful powers,
Even as men choose, they either give or take.
The writings of James Russell Lowell