Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

thumb|Love not! love not! ye hopelesss sons of clay Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (22 March, 1808 – 15 June, 1877) was an English feminist, social reformer, and author of the early and mid-nineteenth century. Quotes We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.Since first beneath the chestnut-treeIn fancy we playedBut coldness dwells within thine heart A cloud is on thy brow.We have been friends together,— Shall a light word part us now? We have been Friends. I am listening for the voicesWhich I heard in days of old. The lonely Harp. 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. Love not. A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers;There was lack of woman’s nursing, there was dearth of woman’s tears. Bingen on the Rhine. Too innocent for coquetry, too fond for idle scorning—Oh friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning. Bingen on the Rhine. Every poet hopes that after-timesShall set some value on his votive lay. To the Duchess of Sutherland (c. 1840). O Twilight! Spirit that dost render birthTo dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth,Leaving on craggy hills and running streamsA softness like the atmosphere of dreams. The Winter’s Walk (c. 1840). 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. Not lost but gone before'' (c. 1863). External links Caroline Norton Author:Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Caroline Norton Category:Poets from England Category:Novelists from England Category:Essayists from England Category:Playwrights from England Category:Composers from England Category:Musicians from England Category:Feminists from England Category:Women authors from England Category:1808 births Category:1877 deaths Category:People from London Category:Victorian novelists Category:Victorian poets