text_original: My true place is to serve the cause as a poet. Then my heart leaps before me into the conflict." The same year he began his "Biglow Papers" in the Boston _Courier_. Such _jeux d'esprit_ are apt to be ephemeral. Lowell's are immortal.
text_transcription: MY TRUE PLACE IS TO SERVE THE CAUSE AS A POET THEN MY HEART LEAPS BEFORE ME INTO THE CONFLICT THE SAME YEAR HE BEGAN HIS BIG LOW PAPERS IN THE BOSTON COURIER SUCH JUDE ISPRIT ARE APT TO BE EPHEMERAL LOWELLS ARE IMMORTAL
phonemes: maɪ tɹˈuː plˈeɪs ɪz tə sˈɜːv ðə kˈɔːz æz ɐ pˈoʊɪt. ðˈɛn maɪ hˈɑːɹt lˈiːps bᵻfˌɔːɹ mˌiː ˌɪntʊ ðə kˈɑːnflɪkt." ðə sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ hiː bɪɡˈæn hˈɪz "bˈɪɡloʊ pˈeɪpɚz" ɪnðə bˈɔstən kˈɜːɹiɚ. sˈʌtʃ dʒjˈuː dɛspɹˈɪt ɑːɹ ˈæpt təbi ɪfˈɛmɚɹəl. lˈoʊɛlz ɑːɹ ɪmˈɔːɹɾəl.