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Emma Catherine Embury
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“Weep not for those Who sink within the arms of death Ere yet the chilling wintry breath Of sorrow o'er them blows; But weep for them who here remain, The mournful heritors of pain, Condemn'd to see each bright joy fade, And mark grief's melancholy shade Flung o'er Hope's fairest rose.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1826 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stanzas", st. 1, in the New England Galaxy, vol. 9 (Dec. 15, 1826) p. 1, col. 3 (from The New York Times)
“Sorrow treads heavily, and leaves behind A deep impression e’en when she departs; While joy trips by, with steps light as the wind, And scarcely leaves a trace upon our hearts Of the faint footfalls, only this is sure — In this world nought, save suffering can endure.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1827 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Dying Year", st. 6, in The Ladies' Garland, vol. 3, no. 50 (Harpers-Ferry, VA, Jan. 20, 1827) p. 200, col. 3. Revised in Sarah Josepha Hale (ed.) The Poet's Offering: for 1850 (Philadelphia: Grigg, Elliot & Co., 185…
“The gathered rose, and the stolen heart, Can charm but for a day.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1829 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ballad", refrain, in the New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette, vol. 6 (May 30, 1829) p. 1. The poem's epigraph: "La rose cueillie et le cœur gagué ne plaisent qu'un jour.
“Like lamps in Eastern sepulchres, Amid my heart’s deep gloom, Affection sheds its holiest light Upon my husband’s tomb. And, as those lamps, if brought once more To upper air grow dim, So my soul’s love is cold and dead, Unless it glow for him.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1832 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Widow's Wooer", st. 4, in The Ladies' Magazine and Literary Gazette, vol. 5, no. 6 (June 1832) p. 267
“The charm of eloquence, — the skill To wake each secret string, And from the bosom's chords at will Life's mournful music bring, — The o'ermastering strength of mind, which sway The haughty and the free, Whose might earth's mightiest one obeys, These, — these were given to thee.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1835 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines suggested by a Bust of Madame de Stael", st. 3, in The Knickerbocker; or, New York Monthly Magazine (Feb. 1835) p. 116. Last line altered in The Poet's Offering: for 1850, p. 149: "This charm was given to thee.
“Oh never yet did Peace her chaplet twine, To lay upon base Mammon’s sordid shrine, Where Earth’s most precious things are bought and sold; Thrown on that pile, the "pearl of price" would be Despised, because unfit for merchantry.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1838 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Peace", st. 4, in John A. Clark (ed.) The Christian Keepsake and Missionary Annual (Philadelphia: William Marshall and Co., 1838) p. 144. The poem's epigraph is from Psalm 29, 11: "The Lord will bless his people with pe…
“Peace, sweet Peace, is always found In her eternal home on holy ground.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1838 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Peace", st. 5 (1838) — "always" altered to "ever" in The Poet's Offering: for 1850, p. 402
“When the glad sun, exulting in his might, Comes from the dusky-curtain'd tents of night.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1839 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Autumn Evening", l. 2, in Mrs. L. H. Sigourney (ed.) The Religious Souvenir, for MDCCCXL (New York: Scofield & Voorhies, 1839) p. 191. Collected in Poems (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869) p. 241. Reported in Maturin M…
“Like the sweet melody which faintly lingers Upon the wind-harp's strings at close of day, When gently touch'd by evening's dewy fingers It breathes a low and melancholy lay; So the calm voice of sympathy meseemeth; And while its magic spell is round me cast, My spirit in its cloistered silence dreameth, And vaguely blends the future with the past.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1845 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Slender-leaved Gerardia: Sympathy", sts. 1–2. American Wild Flowers in their Native Haunts (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1845) p. 91
“Number the riches by thy memory hoarded, Relics of joys thy by-past years have known, — How many real things has life afforded? How much true light was o'er thy pathway thrown?”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1847 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Illusions", st. 1, in E. Oakes Smith (ed.) The Mayflower: for MDCCCXLVII (Boston: Saxton & Kelt, 1847) p. 76. Third line altered in The Poet's Offering: for 1850, p. 346: "How many real things are there recorded?" The p…
“— The grave's dark portal Soon shuts this world of shadows from our view, Then shall we grasp realities immortal, If to the truth within us we are true.”
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Recorded in: Illusions", st. 5 (1847)
“There dwelleth in the sinlessness of youth A sweet rebuke that vice may not endure.”
Emma Catherine Embury (1806–1863) first seen 1847 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Portrait", st. 5, in The Literary World, vol. 1, no. 25 (July 24, 1847) p. 588