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Time is, after all, the greatest of poets; and the sons of Memory stand a better chance of being the heirs of Fame.

Time is, after all, the greatest of poets; and the sons of Memory stand a better chance of being the heirs of Fame.

James Russell Lowell
Time, Memories, Son
James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.64

The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft, white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn.

James Russell Lowell
Son, Men, White
James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.17

But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men.

James Russell Lowell
Sympathy, Son, Simple
James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.40

The New World's sons from England's breast we drew Such milk as bids remember whence we came, Proud of her past wherefrom our future grew, This window we inscribe with Raleigh's fame.

James Russell Lowell
Son, Past, World

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