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“Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?”
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Caroline Norton
#Children Quotes
#Famous Inspirational Quotes
#Joy Quotes
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“We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1853). “The Undying One: And Other Poems”, p.209
#Friendship Quotes
#School Quotes
#Sunshine Quotes
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“Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1859). “Poems”, p.11
#Poet Quotes
#Values Quotes
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“I am listening for the voices Which I heard in days of old.”
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Caroline Norton
#Voice Quotes
#Listening Quotes
#Heard Quotes
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“Perhaps there will come a time when... an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood... and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : "Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly", November 9, 1870.
#Mother Quotes
#Motherhood Quotes
#Born Quotes
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“A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought—what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1851). “Stuart of Dunleath: a story of modern times”, p.66
#Beautiful Quotes
#Hope Quotes
#Children Quotes
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“A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value”
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Caroline Norton
Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1851). “Stuart of Dunleath: a story of the present time”, p.37
#Beautiful Quotes
#Prayer Quotes
#Children Quotes
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“For death and life, in ceaseless strife, Beat wild on this world's shore, And all our calm is in that balm— Not lost but gone before.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : "Not Lost but Gone Before" (ca. 1850). Burton E. Stevenson, Home Book of Quotations, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations trace "Not lost, but gone before" and similar expressions to Seneca, St. Cyprian, and Matthew Henry.
#Life And Death Quotes
#Gone Quotes
#World Quotes
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“They serve God well, who serve his creatures.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1862). “The Lady of La Garaye”, p.121
#Serving God Quotes
#Wells Quotes
#Creatures Quotes
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“A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : "Bingen on the Rhine" l. 1 (1850)
#Nursing Quotes
#Soldier Quotes
#Tears Quotes
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“Until I truly loved, I was alone.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1862). “The Lady of La Garaye”, p.75
#Loner Quotes
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“Child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned...Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child murder?”
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Caroline Norton
Source : "Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly", November 9, 1870.
#Children Quotes
#Practice Quotes
#Abortion Quotes
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“Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1840). “The Dream, and Other Poems”, p.236
#Men Quotes
#Age Quotes
#Graves Quotes
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“O Twilight! Spirit that dost render birth To dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth, Leaving on craggy hills and running streams A softness like the atmosphere of dreams.”
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Caroline Norton
Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1841). “The Dream: And Other Poems”, p.4
#Running Quotes
#Dream Quotes
#Twilight Quotes
