“Not only around our infancy
Doth heaven with all its splendors lie”

— James Russell Lowell

Prelude to Pt. I, st. 2
The Vision of Sir Launfal (1848)
Context: Not only around our infancy
Doth heaven with all its splendors lie;
Daily, with souls that cringe and plot,
We Sinais climb and know it not.

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American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat 1819–1891

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