Margaret Junkin Preston was an American poet and author.
“The pure memories given
To help our joy on earth, when earth is past,
Shall help our joy in heaven.”
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 407.
“Pain is no longer pain when it is past.”
Old Songs and New. Nature's Lesson, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 575.
“The lotos bowed above the tide and dreamed.”
Rhodope's Sandal, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 463.
“White as the blossoms which the almond tree,
Above its bald and leafless branches bears.”
The Royal Preacher, Stanza 5, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 19.
“Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew
Shut in a lily's golden core.”
Agnes, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 458.
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 87.
