Caroline Norton quotes
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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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“We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1853). “The Undying One: And Other Poems”, p.209
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“Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1859). “Poems”, p.11
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“I am listening for the voices Which I heard in days of old.”
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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.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : "Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly", November 9, 1870.
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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.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1851). “Stuart of Dunleath: a story of modern times”, p.66
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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”
-- Caroline NortonSource : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1851). “Stuart of Dunleath: a story of the present time”, p.37
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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.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : "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.
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“They serve God well, who serve his creatures.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1862). “The Lady of La Garaye”, p.121
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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.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : "Bingen on the Rhine" l. 1 (1850)
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“Until I truly loved, I was alone.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1862). “The Lady of La Garaye”, p.75
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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?”
-- Caroline NortonSource : "Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly", November 9, 1870.
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“Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1840). “The Dream, and Other Poems”, p.236
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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.”
-- Caroline NortonSource : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1841). “The Dream: And Other Poems”, p.4
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