James Russell Lowell Quotes about Earth

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Year by year, more and more of the world gets disenchanted. Even the icy privacy of the arctic and antarctic circles is invaded. We have played Jack Horner with our earth, till there is never a plum left in it.

Year by year, more and more of the world gets disenchanted. Even the icy privacy of the arctic and antarctic circles is invaded. We have played Jack Horner with our earth, till there is never a plum left in it.

James Russell Lowell

Circles, Years, Earth

James Russell Lowell (1864). “Fireside Travels”, p.181

Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.

James Russell Lowell

Country, Soul, Earth

James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.583, Delphi Classics

Get but the truth once uttered, and 'tis like A star new-born that drops into its place And which, once circling in its placid round, Not all the tumult of the earth can shake.

James Russell Lowell

Stars, Truth, Earth

James Russell Lowell (1844). “Poems”, p.175