Annie Charlotte Dalton

thumb|Annie Charlotte Dalton, from a 1926 publication Annie Charlotte Armitage Dalton MBE (December 9, 1865 – January 12, 1938) was an English-born Canadian poet, sometimes known as "the Poet Laureate of the Deaf." Quotes "I will be strong! then let the billows rollFar o'er my head--they cannot hurt my soul;Deeper the swell, the higher soars the crest--I reach my haven on its boundless breast." Dalton, "Resolution" (first stanza), from The Marriage of Music (1910) "The landscape, like a painted picture shone,Lined as an atlas in the window frame,In form, in character, for aye the same,But many moods writ each its tale thereon." Dalton, "A Sick Man's Day" (second stanza), from The Marriage of Music (1910) "We ask Thee not for quietness and rest,But for the ecstasy of endless quest;That Chief Adventure, questing for the truth,That radiant wholesomeness, immortal youth." Dalton, "Flame and Adventure" (1924), stanza LXXIV quoted in Robinson, Noel (1938-01-15). "Annie Charlotte Dalton: A Tribute". The Province. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-20 – via Newspapers.com. "Foolish, foolishEdith Sitwellsang a soloof her auntie,her rich auntieand her trumpet,such a trumpetas old ladiesgive to stranger-folk to blow in." Dalton, "The Ear Trumpet" (1926) From a poem written in answer to Edith Sitwell's poem "Solo for Ear-Trumpet" Quotes About Annie Charlotte Dalton "During periods of creative work she lived in another world." Robinson, Noel (1938-01-15). "Annie Charlotte Dalton: A Tribute". The Province. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-20 – via Newspapers.com. External links Category:Women from Canada Category:1865 births Category:1938 deaths Category:Deafness Category:Poets from Canada