And every bird I ever knew Back and forth in the summer fle… - Helen Hunt Jackson

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And every bird I ever knew
Back and forth in the summer flew;
And breezes wafted over me
The scent of every flower and tree;
Till I forgot the pain and gloom
And silence of my darkened room.

Helen Hunt Jackson

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About Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Maria (Fiske) Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

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Pen Names: H.H

Birth Name: Helen Maria Fiske

Alternative Names: Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson • H. H. Jackson • Helen Maria Fiske Jackson • Helen Maria Hunt • Helen Maria Hunt Jackson • Helen Hunt

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When on the ground red apples lie
In piles like jewels shining,
And redder still on old stone walls
Are leaves of woodbines twining.

Like a blind spinner in the sun,
I tread my days;
I know that all the threads will run
Appointed ways;
I know each day will bring its task,
And, being blind, no more I ask.

[A]ll lost things are in the angels' keeping, Love;
No past is dead for us, but only sleeping, Love.

And every bird I ever knew Back and forth in the summer flew; And breezes wafted over me The scent of every flower and tree; Till I forgot the pain a… - Helen Hunt Jackson

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