Clara Jessup Moore

thumb|Clara Jessup Moore Clara Jessup Moore (February 16, 1824 – January 5, 1899) was an American poet, born in Westfield, Massachusetts. Quotes If he bring me a rose, a briar rose,To place in my braided hair,I shall know there are thorns in life for meAnd many a wearying care.If he bring me a lily pure and paleAnd lay it upon my breast,I shall know that my life will be of peace,As a bird in its mother's nest. The Maiden's Flower Omens Within a temple's towering walls I standA temple vast; the heaven is its dome:No corniced crag was hewn by human hand,Nor by it wrought this tracery of foam; Niagara Below the Cataract O wondrous sphinx! within thy marble breastWhat undreamed secrets lie concealed!Hast thou no pity for my wild unrestMy maddening longing for the unrevealed? Death External links Category:19th-century poets from the United States Category:1899 deaths Category:Poets from Massachusetts Category:Women authors from the United States Category:1824 births Category:Women born in the 19th century