A prom­inent po­et and au­thor, Low­ell grad­u­at­ed from Har­vard Coll­ege in 1838, and was ad­mit­ted to the bar in 1840. He be­came Pro­fes­sor of Mo­dern Lan­guag­es and Lit­er­a­ture at Har­vard in 1855, suc­ceed­ing Hen­ry Wads­worth Long­fel­low. He ed­it­ed the Atlantic Monthly (1857-1862) and the North Amer­i­can Review (1863-1872), and served as Amer­i­can min­is­ter to Spain (1877-1880) and am­bas­sa­dor to Eng­land (1880-1885). His works in­clude:

• The Vision of Sir Launfal, 1848
• The Biglow Papers, 1848 & 1862
• Among My Books, 1870 & 1876
• Political Essays, 1888

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Hymns

1. Once to Every Man and Na­tion
2. What Means This Glory Round Our Feet