Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt Quotes (7 quotes)

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Famous Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt Quotes

“My mother says I must not pass
Too near that glass;
She is afraid that I will see
A little witch that looks like me,
With a red mouth to whisper low
The very thing I should not know.”

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

The Witch in the Glass (1881).

“Yet, with this ruined Old World for a nest,
Worm-eaten through and through”

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

A Word With a Skylark, lines 5-6.

“All the glories of the sunset,
In the sunrise one may see;
That which others call the dawning
Is the night for you and me.”

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

To-day, Stanza 3.

“If this be all, for which I've listened long,
Oh, spirit of the dew!
You did not sing to Shelley such a song
As Shelley sung to you.”

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

A Word With a Skylark, lines 1-4.

“There stretch'd a sleeping army. One by one,
They took their places until thousands met;
No leader's stars flash'd on before, and none
Lean'd on his sword or stagger'd with his gun --
I wonder if their feet have rested yet!”

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

Army of Occupation (1866), a Civil War poem written at Arlington, Virginia.

“This was your butterfly, you see—
His fine wings made him vain:
The caterpillars crawl, but he
Passed them in rich disdain.—
My pretty boy says, “Let him be
Only a worm again!”

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

After Wings (1892).

“Other suns will shine as golden,
Other skies be just as blue;
Other south winds blow as softly,
Gently drinking up the dew.”

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

To-day, Stanza 1.

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