"Come, blessed Darkness, come and bring thy balm For eyes grown weary of the garish day! Come with thy soft, slow steps, thy garments gray, Thy veiling shadows, bearing in thy palm The poppy-seeds of slumber, deep and calm."
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Julia Caroline Dorr
1825 – 1913
Julia Caroline (Ripley) Dorr (1825 – 1913) was an American author who published both prose and poetry.
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