Love not! love not! ye hopeless sons of clay; Hope’s gayest… - Caroline Norton

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Love not! love not! ye hopeless sons of clay; Hope’s gayest wreaths are made of earthly flowers—
Things that are made to fade and fall away, Ere they have blossomed for a few short hours.

Caroline Norton

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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (22 March, 1808 – 15 June, 1877) was an English feminist, social reformer, and author of the early and mid-nineteenth century.

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Birth Name: Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan

Alternative Names: Caroline Sheridan Norton • Caroline Sheridan • Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton • Mrs. Norton • Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan Norton • Caroline (Elizabeth Sarah) Norton

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I am listening for the voices
Which I heard in days of old.

Too innocent for coquetry, too fond for idle scorning—
Oh friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning.

We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.
Since first beneath the chestnut-tree
In fancy we played
But coldness dwells within thine heart A cloud is on thy brow.
We have been friends together,— Shall a light word part us now?

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