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Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford Quotes

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford was an American writer of novels, poems and detective stories. One of the United States's most widely-published authors, her career spanned more than six decades and included many literary genres, such as short stories, poems, novels, literary criticism, biographies, and memoirs. She also wrote articles on household decorative art and travel as well as children's literature. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. April 1835 – 14. August 1921
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Famous Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford Quotes

“A place of dream, the Holy Land
Hangs midway between earth and heaven.”

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

The Holy Land.

“He is one of those people to whom you must allow moods,—when their sun shines, dance,—and when their vapors rise, sit in the shadow.”

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

The Amber Gods (1863).

“Ah, happy world, where all things live
Creatures of one great law, indeed;
Bound by strong roots, the splendid flower,—
Swept by great seas, the drifting seed!”

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

The Story of the Flower.

“The awful phantom of the hungry poor.”

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

A Winter’s Night (sonnet).

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