The Celestial Passion, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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A Midsummer Song
Richard Watson GilderFamous Richard Watson Gilder Quotes
"A Midsummer Song", in Lyrics and Other Poems (1885).
“I am a woman—therefore I may not
Call to him, cry to him,
Fly to him,
Bid him delay not.”
A Woman's Thought, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Through love to light! Oh wonderful the way
That leads from darkness to the perfect day!”
After-song (1894), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).