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Felicia Hemans
17 quotes
“In the busy haunts of men.”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) first seen 1822 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tale of the Secret Tribunal" (published 1822), part i, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Felicia D. Hemans
“thumb|Signature of Felicia HemansCalm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit, rest thee now!”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) first seen 1823 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Siege of Valencia (1823), scene ix, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“I have looked on the hills of the stormy North, And the larch has hung his tassels forth.”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) first seen 1835 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Voice of Spring (published 1835), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Felicia D. Hemans
“But fair the exil'd Palm-tree grew Midst foliage of no kindred hue; Through the laburnum’s dropping gold Rose the light shaft of Orient mould, And Europe’s violets, faintly sweet, Purpled the mossbeds at its feet.”
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“They grew in beauty side by side, They filled one home with glee: Their graves are severed far and wide By mount and stream and sea.”
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“Alas for love, if thou wert all, And naught beyond, O Earth!”
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“The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) first seen 1826 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Casabianca, st. 1 (1826).
Also quoted by: Felicia D. Hemans
“The flames roll'd on-he would not go Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard.”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) said by 1835 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land.”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) first seen 1828 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Homes of England, st. 1 (1828).
“Oh, call my brother back to me! I cannot play alone: The summer comes with flower and bee,— Where is my brother gone?”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) first seen 1828 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Child's First Grief (1828).
Also quoted by: Felicia D. Hemans
“Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind’s breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) first seen 1824 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Hour of Death (1824).
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“Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone; The woodman’s axe lies free, And the reaper’s work is done.”
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“I had a hat. It was not all a hat,— Part of the brim was gone: Yet still I wore it on.”
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“The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed.”
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“And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.”
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“What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine, The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine.”
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“Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod; They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to whorship God.”
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) said by 1835 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source