SAYINGS OF THE SAGES - LOWELL

James Russel Lowell, 1814 - 1891
Educator, Poet, Scholar and Diplomat

"Poetry frequents and keeps habitable those upper
chambers of the mind that open toward the sun's rising."

Class poet at Harvard, he graduated in l838, and received
a law degree in 1840 but never practiced. A prolific writer
he described the birds and the trees in an essay, and called
himself "the last of the great readers." having learned to read
in several languages. He wrote for abolitionist papers, and
in his magazine "The Pioneer" published the works of Poe,
Whittier and Hawthorne. He was buried near Longfellow.

Thank you James Russel Lowell for your wonderful works.
Here are my poetic words in your honor.

Beneath a downy quilt of snow, All safe from blizzard's harm,
A seed awaits a signal from - The sunshine's soft alarm.
To grow and scatter joy once more, As springtime comes along
And paints upon the rolling hills, Bright tones of silent song.

That tells each soul who cares to know, Of subtle beauties rare,
That emanate when seeds of love, Are sown with tender care.
Unseen, unheard, a voiceless stage, Within the soul of man,
Invites a happy heart to dance, With joy throughout life's span.
To harmonize life's instrument, With patterns in the soul,
To blend with all Earth's orchestra, In rhythm with the whole.

Suzie-Q