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James Russell Lowell: When will poets learn that a grass-blade of their own raising is worth a barrow…

When will poets learn that a grass-blade of their own raising is worth a barrow load of flowers from their neighbor’s garden?

In today’s wordsWhen will poets learn that a blade of grass they raised themselves is worth a wheelbarrow of flowers from their neighbor's garden?

James Russell LowellCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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