James Russell Lowell Home Poems Poets James Russell Lowell Poems Flawless His Heart by James Russell Lowell Flawless his heart and tempered to the core Who, beckoned by the forward-leaning wave, The Heritage by James Russell Lowell The rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick, and stone, and gold, The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Fourth of July Ode by James Russell Lowell Our fathers fought for Liberty, They struggled long and well, To a Pine-Tree by James Russell Lowell Far up on Katahdin thou towerest, Purple-blue with the distance and vast;