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Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt
7 quotes
“There stretch'd a sleeping army. One by one, They took their places until thousands met; No leader's stars flash'd on before, and none Lean'd on his sword or stagger'd with his gun -- I wonder if their feet have rested yet!”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) first seen 1866 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Army of Occupation (1866), a Civil War poem written at Arlington, Virginia.
“My mother says I must not pass Too near that glass; She is afraid that I will see A little witch that looks like me, With a red mouth to whisper low The very thing I should not know.”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Witch in the Glass (1881).
“This was your butterfly, you see— His fine wings made him vain: The caterpillars crawl, but he Passed them in rich disdain.— My pretty boy says, “Let him be Only a worm again!”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) first seen 1892 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After Wings (1892).
“Other suns will shine as golden, Other skies be just as blue; Other south winds blow as softly, Gently drinking up the dew.”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the glories of the sunset, In the sunrise one may see; That which others call the dawning Is the night for you and me.”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If this be all, for which I've listened long, Oh, spirit of the dew! You did not sing to Shelley such a song As Shelley sung to you.”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yet, with this ruined Old World for a nest, Worm-eaten through and through,-”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source