Mary J. Serrano

thumb|Mary J. Serrano Mary Jane Christie Serrano (c. 1840 – 1923) was an Irish-born writer and poet. She was known in the United States as a translator from the Spanish. Quotes Asphodel (1910) The gospel whose glad promises atoneFor all of bitterness the heart hath known. Canto II, p. 25 And legends wild and fairy tales they read;Stringing bright gems of Fancy on Truth's golden thread. Canto II, p. 27 The golden circle of HumanityIs narrowed to themselves. For them aloneWas Earth created, joyous, fair and free,The realm where each the other would enthrone,Sole sovereign whose dear sway all things should ownIn glad obedience—egotism sublimeOf Youth and Love, whose faith may well atoneFor the cold wisdom with which hoary TimeCrowns the steep height that Age with faltering step must climb. Canto II, p. 30 Then on her soul first broke the fatal truthThat flashed, a flaming sword, before the gatesOf the lost Eden of her blighted youth. Canto III, p. 38 External links Category:1923 deaths Category:Poets from Ireland Category:Translators from Ireland