SAYINGS: 3, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELLPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
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.