Julia Caroline Dorr Quotes

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

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Flower, Sunshine, Gold

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• 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.

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Prayer, Night, Light

  Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1879). “Friar Anselmo: And Other Poems”

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

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Stars, Snow, Darkness

  Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1872). “Poems”, p.80

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• 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.

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Mother, Children, May

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• Grass grows at last above all graves.

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Hope, Grief, Lasts

  Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1879). “Friar Anselmo: And Other Poems”

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• April's rare capricious loveliness.

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Spring, April, Capricious

  Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1872). “Poems”, p.67

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

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Children, Dark, Woods

  Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1872). “Poems”, p.83

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

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Beautiful, Sweet, Queens

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

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Age, Heirs, Poverty

  Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1892). “Poems”

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• 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!

  Julia Caroline Dorr

  Inspirational, Years, Age

  Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1879). “Friar Anselmo: And Other Poems”

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