Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye: Quotes about love

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye was British songwriter, composer, poet and author. Explore interesting quotes on love.

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye: 16 quotes0 likes

“I'm very lonely now, Mary,
For the poor make no new friends;
But oh they love the better still
The few our Father sends!”

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

Lament of the Irish Emigrant

“The corn was springing fresh and green,
And the lark sang loud and high,
And the red was on your lip, Mary,
And the love-light in your eye.”

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

Lament of the Irish Emigrant

“Rest now—and weep—thou praised of Earth!
And own, when all is done,
A world's false worship is not worth
The deep tried love of one.”

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

"Fame", line 25; p. 141.
Songs, Poems, & Verses (1894)

“I'm sitting on the stile, Mary,
Where we sat side by side,
That bright May morning long ago
When first you were my bride.
The corn was springing fresh and green,
The lark sang loud and high,
The red was on your lip, Mary,
The love-light in your eye.”

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

"The Irish Emigrant" (c. 1860), line 1; p. 105.
Songs, Poems, & Verses (1894)