LOWELL, James Russell — AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS)
London. 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, weBreathe cheaply in the common air;The dust we trample heedlesslyThrobbed once in saints & heroes rare,Who perished opening for their raceNew 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.