Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcomwas an American poet and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth5 March 1824
CountryUnited States of America
play feet parent
Few parents are aware of the difficulties that beset the minds of the little philosophers and theologians who sit upon their knees or play at their feet; and many a parent could not comprehend the disturbance, if he were aware of it.
children rich-or-poor individuality
Rich or poor, every child comes into the world with some imperative need of its own, which shapes its individuality.
character curse manhood
The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.
autumn years shining
To her bier Comes the year Not with weeping and distress, as mortals do, But, to guide her way to it, All the trees have torches lit; Blazing red the maples shine the woodlands through...
writing water ifs
A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.
men may misanthrope
A man may make a misanthrope of himself, but he is never one by nature.
helping-others helping willing
I am willing to make any part of my life public, if it will help others.
life-and-love cheerful inspired
Religion is life inspired by Heavenly Love; and life is something fresh and cheerful and vigorous.
philosophy simplicity needs
Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ.
girl simple thinking
Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a simple, earnest-hearted girlhood, and they are the happiest women who never lose it entirely.
wake-up noble way
God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with others greater and better in every way than we are.
beautiful childhood forever
It is one of the most beautiful facts in this human existence of ours, that we remember the earliest and freshest part of it most vividly. Doubtless it was meant that our childhood should live on in us forever.
children sleep laughing
The children with the streamlets sing, When April stops at last her weeping; And every happy growing thing Laughs like a babe just roused from sleeping.
tree littles glory
Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree, What the glory of thy boughs shall be?