Sarah Chauncey Woolsey quotes
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“Few things are more aggravating than to be forgiven when one has done no wrong.”
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“Ah, the pretty whisperers! It was very well When the leaves were thick and green, awhile ago-- Leaves are secret-keepers; but since the last leaf fell There is nothing hidden from the eyes below.”
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“So, just for one more merry day To the great Tree the leaflets clung, Frolicked and danced and had their way, Upon the autumn breezes swung.”
-- Sarah Chauncey WoolseySource : Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, “How The Leaves Came Down”
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“Dry leaves upon the wall, Which flap like rustling wings and seek escape, A single frosted cluster on the grape Still hangs--and that is all.”
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“Yesterday's errors let yesterday cover.”
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“Now the last red ray is gone; Now the twilight shadows hie.”
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“In the deep shadow of the porch A slender bind-weed springs, And climbs, like airy acrobat, The trellises, and swings And dances in the golden sun In fairy loops and rings.”
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“The sobbing wind is fierce and strong; its cry is like a human wail.”
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“Men die but sorrow never dies.”
-- Sarah Chauncey WoolseySource : "The Cradle Tomb in Westminster Abbey". Poem by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, www.bartleby.com. 1902.
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“The Autumn seems to cry for thee,Best lover of the Autumn-days!”
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“Every day is a fresh beginning; Listen my soul, to the glad refrain, And in spite of old sorrowÂ… and possible pain, Take heart with the day and begin again.”
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“... And God, who studies each separate soul, out of commonplace lives makes his beautiful whole.”
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“As we meet and touch, each day, The many travelers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious, helpful minister.”
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“Earth's saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart!”
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“Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf.”
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“Every day is a fresh beginning. Every morn is the world made anew.”
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“Spring's last-born darling, clear-eyed, sweet, Pauses a moment, with white twinkling feet, And golden locks in breezy play, Half teasing and half tender, to repeat Her song of May.”
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“All green and fair the summer lies, Just budded from the bud of spring, With tender blue of wistful skies, And winds that softly sing.”
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“Every tear is answered by a blossom, Every sigh with songs and laughter blent, April-blooms upon the breezes toss them. April knows her own, and is content.”
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“To-morrow I will begin, thought Katy, as she dropped asleep that night. How often we all do so! And what a pity it is that when morning comes and to-morrow is to-day, we so frequently wake up feeling quite differently; careless or impatient, and not a bit inclined to do the fine things we planned overnight.”
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“...this pause of rest, This morning hush before the sun.”
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“Softly drops the crimson sun: Softly down from overhead, Drop the bell-notes, one by one, Melting in the melting red....”
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“We ring the bells and we raise the strain We hang up garlands everywhere And bid the tapers twinkle fair, And feast and frolic - and then we go Back to the same old lives again.”
-- Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
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