Author: LOWELL, James Russell
Title: Autograph Quotation Signed (Aqs)
Description: London, 27 March 1881. Manuscript. On a 7-3/4" x 10-3/4" sheet of paper Lowell has written out the penultimate six-line stanza of his poem "Masaccio" and SIGNED and dated it below. Thoughts, that great hearts once broke for, we Breathe cheaply in the common air; The dust we trample heedlessly Throbbed once in saints & heroes rare, Who perished opening for their race New pathways to the common-place. Crease from being folded. Boldly written and attractive. About Fine Purchased from Charles Hamilton Galleries, 20 January 1977, lot 206.

Keywords: Signed, James R. Lowell, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Poetry Signed Poetry Literature: American 19th Century American Literature


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