Caroline Norton

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

— Caroline Norton

They serve God well, who serve his creatures.

— Caroline Norton

Oh, there at last, life's trials past, / We'll meet our loved ones more, / Whose feet have trod the path to…

— Caroline Norton

A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and…

— Caroline Norton

For death and life, in ceaseless strife, Beat wild on this world's shore, And all our calm is in that balm— Not…

— Caroline Norton

A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears;…

— Caroline Norton

I do not ask for my rights. I have no rights. I have only wrongs.

— Caroline Norton

Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.

— Caroline Norton

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

— Caroline Norton

Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave.

— Caroline Norton

A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for…

— Caroline Norton

O Twilight! Spirit that dost render birth To dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth, Leaving on craggy hills and running streams A…

— Caroline Norton

We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.

— Caroline Norton

A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought—what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they…

— Caroline Norton

Perhaps there will come a time when...an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood...and when the right of the…

— Caroline Norton

Until I truly loved, I was alone.

— Caroline Norton

Child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned...Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child…

— Caroline Norton

God made all pleasures innocent.

— Caroline Norton