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Still o’er the earth hastes Opportunity, Seeking the hardy soul that seeks for her. Be not abroad, nor deaf with household cares That chatter loudest as they mean the least; Swift-willed is thrice willed; late means nevermore; Impatient is her foot, nor turns again.
Still o’er the earth hastes Opportunity, Seeking the hardy soul that seeks for her. Be not abroad, nor deaf with household cares That chatter loudest as they mean the least; Swift-willed is thrice willed; late means nevermore; Impatient is her foot, nor turns again.
Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- James Russell Lowell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 445; printed byline: James Russell Lowell; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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