Julia Caroline Dorr quotes
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“Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold!”
-- Julia Caroline DorrSource : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1879). “Friar Anselmo: And Other Poems”
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“April's rare capricious loveliness.”
-- Julia Caroline DorrSource : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1872). “Poems”, p.67
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“Yet, O thou beautiful rose! Queen rose so fair and sweet. What were lover or crown to thee, without the clay at thy feet?”
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“Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow.”
-- Julia Caroline DorrSource : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1872). “Poems”, p.80
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“Buttercups, bright eyed and bold, hold their chalices of gold to catch the sunshine and the dew.”
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“Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood; Maple and elm and towering pine Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.”
-- Julia Caroline DorrSource : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1872). “Poems”, p.83
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“Grass grows at last above all graves.”
-- Julia Caroline DorrSource : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1879). “Friar Anselmo: And Other Poems”
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“And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its fragrance fills the night.”
-- Julia Caroline DorrSource : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1879). “Friar Anselmo: And Other Poems”
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“Aspirations pure and high Strength to do and to endure Heir of all the Ages, I Lo! I am no longer poor!”
-- Julia Caroline DorrSource : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1892). “Poems”
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“No mother who stands upon low ground herself can hope to place her children upon a loftier plane. They may reach it, but it will not be through her.”
-- Julia Caroline Dorr
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