Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

"The awful phantom of the hungry poor."

"Ah, happy world, where all things live Creatures of one great law, indeed; Bound by strong roots, the splendid flower,— Swept by great seas, the drifting seed!"

"A place of dream, the Holy Land Hangs midway between earth and heaven."

"Beauty vanishes like a vapor, Preach the men of musty morals."

"He is one of those people to whom you must allow moods,—when their sun shines, dance,—and when their vapors rise, sit in the shadow."