Impartiality lowell wt
impartiality by james russell lowell read for librivox dot org by winston tharp i cannot say a scene is fair because it is beloved of thee but i shall love to linger there for sake of thy dear memory i would not be so coldly just as to love only what i must i cannot say a thought is good because thou foundest joy in it each soul must choose its proper food which nature hath decreed most fit but i shall ever deem it so because it made thy heart o'erflow i love thee for that thou art fair and that thy spirit joys in aught createth a new beauty there with thine own dearest image fraught and love for others sake that springs gives half their charm to lovely things this recording is in the public domain