LOL ; never read Lowell ; guess I'll have to now .
I don't know if he scribbled that or if it's just traditional .
BTW Here's an interesting book :
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
" Tis a wonder to be in Boston ,
The home of the bean and the cod .
Where the Forbes speak only to Cabots,
And the Cabots speak only to God ."