Caroline Norton citations

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, née Sheridan , est une pamphlétaire, poétesse, écrivain, compositrice et féministe britannique. Son divorce d'avec un mari alcoolique et violent illustre la dépendance juridique de la femme dans la Grande-Bretagne d'alors, puisque lors d'un procès contre son mari, elle ne peut aller en justice qu'en étant représentée par ce même mari. Wikipedia

✵ 22. mars 1808 – 15. juin 1877

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“For death and life, in ceaseless strife,
Beat wild on this world’s shore,
And all our calm is in that balm—
Not lost but gone before.”

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Not lost but gone before (c. 1863).

“Every poet hopes that after-times
Shall set some value on his votive lay.”

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To the Duchess of Sutherland (c. 1840).

“I am listening for the voices
Which I heard in days of old.”

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The lonely Harp.

“A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers;
There was lack of woman’s nursing, there was dearth of woman’s tears.”

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Bingen on the Rhine.

“O Twilight! Spirit that dost render birth
To dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth,
Leaving on craggy hills and running streams
A softness like the atmosphere of dreams.”

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The Winter’s Walk (c. 1840).

“Love not! love not! ye hopeless sons of clay;
Hope’s gayest wreaths are made of earthly flowers—
Things that are made to fade and fall away,
Ere they have blossomed for a few short hours.”

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Love not.

“Too innocent for coquetry, too fond for idle scorning—
Oh friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning.”

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Bingen on the Rhine.

“We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.
Since first beneath the chestnut-tree
In fancy we played
But coldness dwells within thine heart
A cloud is on thy brow.
We have been friends together,—
Shall a light word part us now?”

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We have been Friends.