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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
8 quotes
“We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade. Since first beneath the chestnut-tree In fancy we played But coldness dwells within thine heart A cloud is on thy brow. We have been friends together,— Shall a light word part us now?”
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) said by 1877 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am listening for the voices Which I heard in days of old.”
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) said by 1877 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love not! love not! ye hopeless sons of clay; Hope’s gayest wreaths are made of earthly flowers— Things that are made to fade and fall away, Ere they have blossomed for a few short hours.”
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) said by 1877 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers; There was lack of woman’s nursing, there was dearth of woman’s tears.”
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) said by 1877 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Too innocent for coquetry, too fond for idle scorning— Oh friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning.”
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) said by 1877 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.”
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) first seen 1840 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the Duchess of Sutherland (c. 1840).
“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 Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) first seen 1840 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Winter’s Walk (c. 1840).
“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 Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Not lost but gone before (c. 1863).