“Gathering strength, gaining breath, — naught can sever
Me from the Spirit of Life!”

— Margaret Fuller

Dryad Song (1900)
Context: Chance cannot touch me! Time cannot hush me!
Fear, Hope, and Longing, at strife,
Sink as I rise, on, on, upward forever,
Gathering strength, gaining breath, — naught can sever
Me from the Spirit of Life!

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American feminist, poet, author, and activist 1810–1850

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