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The writings of James Russell Lowell
in ten volumes
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
7.
POEMS I.
8.
POEMS II.
THE BIGLOW PAPERS
NOTICES OF AN INDEPENDENT PRESS
INTRODUCTION.
FIRST SERIES
SECOND SERIES
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