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SAYINGS: 3 by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: SWIFTLY THE POLITIC GOES: IS IT DARK? -- HE BORROWS A LANTERN
Last Line: SLOWLY THE STATEMAN AND SURE, GUIDING HIS STEPS BY THE STARS.

Swiftly the politic goes: is it dark? — he borrows a lantern;
Slowly the stateman and sure, guiding his steps by the stars.



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