It may be glorious to write
Thoughts that shall glad the two or three
High souls, like those far stars that come in sight
Once in a century.
-- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
-- An Incident in a Railroad Car
Thoughts that shall glad the two or three
High souls, like those far stars that come in sight
Once in a century.
-- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
-- An Incident in a Railroad Car
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