Lydia Sigourney Quotes

Lydia Huntley Sigourney , née Lydia Howard Huntley, was an American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". Most of her works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. September 1791 – 10. June 1865
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Famous Lydia Sigourney Quotes

“The glorified spirit of the infant is as a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime.”

Lydia Sigourney

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 53.

“We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?”

Lydia Sigourney

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 51.

“The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well-ordered homes of the people.”

Lydia Sigourney

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 324.

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