Top 2 Harriet Winslow Sewall Quotes

American poet (1819-1889)

Harriet Winslow Sewall (June 20, 1819 – April 19, 1889) was an American poet, and editor of the collected letters of Lydia Maria Child.

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Poor indeed must thou be, if around thee
Thou no ray of light and joy canst throw—

Why thus longing, thus forever sighing
For the far-off, unattained, and dim,
While the beautiful all round thee lying
Offers up its low, perpetual hymn?