Caroline Norton
Caroline Norton
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Nortonwas an English social reformer, and author of the early and mid-nineteenth century. Caroline left her husband in 1836, following which her husband sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, the then Whig Prime Minister, for criminal conversation. The jury threw out the claim, but Caroline was unable to obtain a divorce and was denied access to her three sons. Caroline's intense campaigning led to the passing of the Custody of Infants Act 1839, the Matrimonial Causes Act...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 March 1808
running dream twilight
O Twilight! Spirit that dost render birth To dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth, Leaving on craggy hills and running streams A softness like the atmosphere of dreams.
balm calm gone lost
All our calm is in that balm - Not lost but gone before.
serving-god wells creatures
They serve God well, who serve his creatures.
beautiful prayer children
A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value
loner
Until I truly loved, I was alone.
voice listening heard
I am listening for the voices Which I heard in days of old.
poet lays values
Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.
children practice abortion
Child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned...Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child murder?
men age graves
Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave.
past feet trials
Oh, there at last, life's trials past, / We'll meet our loved ones more, / Whose feet have trod the path to God, -- / Not lost, but gone before.
innocent pleasure made
God made all pleasures innocent.
nursing soldier dying
A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.
life-and-death gone world
For death and life, in ceaseless strife, Beat wild on this world's shore, And all our calm is in that balm— Not lost but gone before.
friendship best-friend true-friend
We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.