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.

James Russell Lowell
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  2. If cold December gave you birth The month of snow and ice and mirth Place on your hand a turquoise blue Success will bless what'er you do. - Anonymous

  3. Thirty days hath September April June and November All the rest have thirty-one Excepting February alone: Which hath but twenty-eight in fine Till leap year gives it twenty-nine. - Anonymous

  4. O sweet September thy first breezes bring The dry leaf's rustle and the squirrel's laughter The cool fresh air whence health and vigor spring And promise of exceeding joy hereafter. - George Arnolds

  5. Oh to be in England Now that April's there. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

More Quotes By James Russell Lowell
  1. Fate loves the fearless.

  2. Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.

  3. Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

  4. In creating the only hard thing's to begin

  5. A wise man travels to discover himself.

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