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Celia Thaxter has 24 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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When in the fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect…
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He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is…
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As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realize how poor a creature I…
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Look to the East, where up the lucid sky; the morning climbs! The day shall yet be fair.
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To stand by the beds at sunrise and see the flowers awake is a heavenly delight.
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This very act of planting a seed in the earth has in it to me something beautiful. I always do it with…
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One golden day redeems a weary year
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So deeply is the gardener's instinct implanted in my soul, I really love the tools with which I work; the iron fork,…
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Ever since I could remember anything, flowers have been like dear friends to me, comforters, inspirers, powers to uplift and to cheer.
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It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description…
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Soon will set in the fitful weather, with fierce gales and sullen skies and frosty air, and it will be time to…
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Once more their weird laughter of the loons comes to my ear, the distance lends it a musical, melancholy sound. For a…
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Our Nation, a great stage for the acting out of great thoughts, presents the classic confrontation between Locke's views of the state…
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It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description…
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