THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL. Illustrated. Red-Line Edition. One elegant small 4to volume.
UNDER THE WILLOWS, AND OTHER POEMS. One volume.
AMONG MY BOOKS. A new volume, in press, and nearly ready.
FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO., Publishers.
The Cathedral.
Οὐδὲν σοφιζώμεσθα τοῖσι δαίμοισιν.
Πατρίους παραδοχὰς, ἄς θ’ ὁμήλικας χρόνῳ
Κεκτήμεθ’, οὐδεις αὐτὰ καταβαλέι λόγος,
Οὐδ’ ἣν δι’ ἄκρων τὸ σορόν εὔρεται φρενῶν.
Euripides, Bacchæ, 196-199.
BY
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.