James Russell Lowell Quotes About Summer

Quotes about: Summer

• The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, July, Bees

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

• No price is set on the lavish summer;
  June may be had by the poorest comer.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, June, May

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.117

• Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold... 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, Money, Lying

  James Russell Lowell, Nathan Haskell Dole (1893). “The Early Poems of James Russell Lowell: With Biographical Sketch”

• 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

  Summer, June, Perfect Days

  James Russell Lowell (2012). “The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell, Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D.”, p.56, tredition

• Like streams that keep a summer mind Snow-hid in Jenooary.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, Snow, Mind

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.252

• Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God so wills it; No matter how barren the past may have been, 'T is enough for us now that the leaves are green; We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell... The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near... Every thing is upward striving; 'T is as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue, - 'T is the natural way of living.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, Heart, Past

  James Russell Lowell, “The Vision Of Sir Launfal”

• Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go; At noon our sudden summer burns, Ere sunset all is snow.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, Sunset, Snow

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.98

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