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The Cathedral.
Πατρίους παραδοχὰς, ἄς θ’ ὁμήλικας χρόνῳ
Κεκτήμεθ’, οὐδεις αὐτὰ καταβαλέι λόγος,
Οὐδ’ ἣν δι’ ἄκρων τὸ σορόν εὔρεται φρενῶν.
Euripides, Bacchæ, 196-199.
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BY
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
BOSTON:
FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
1870.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co.,
Cambridge.
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To MR. JAMES T. FIELDS.
My Dear Fields,—
Dr. Johnson’s sturdy self-respect led him to invent theBookseller as a substitute for the Patron. My relationswith you have enabled me to discover how pleasantly theFriend may replace the Bookseller. Let me record my senseof many thoughtful services by associating your name witha poem which owes its appearance in this form to yourpartiality.
Cordially yours,
J. R. LOWELL.
Cambridge, Nov. 29, 1869.
T H E C A T H E D R A L.
AR through the memory shines a happy day,Cloudless of care, down-shod to every sense,
And simply perfect