12 Julia Caroline Dorr Quotes

Julia Caroline Dorr quotes

1. O golden Silence, bid our souls be still, And on the foolish fretting of our care Lay thy soft touch of healing unaware!

2. Come, blessed Darkness, come and bring thy balm For eyes grown weary of the garish day! Come with thy soft, slow steps, thy garments gray, Thy veiling shadows, bearing in thy palm The poppy-seeds of slumber, deep and calm.

1. Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow.

2. Yet, O thou beautiful rose! Queen rose so fair and sweet. What were lover or crown to thee, without the clay at thy feet?

3. Buttercups, bright eyed and bold, hold their chalices of gold to catch the sunshine and the dew.

4. No mother who stands upon low ground herself can hope to place her children upon a loftier plane. They may reach it, but it will not be through her.

5. Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood; Maple and elm and towering pine Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.

6. Grass grows at last above all graves.

7. April's rare capricious loveliness.

8. And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its fragrance fills the night.

9. Aspirations pure and high Strength to do and to endure Heir of all the Ages, I Lo! I am no longer poor!

10. Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold!