Margaret Junkin Preston
American writer
Margaret Junkin Preston (1820–1897) was an American poet and author remembered for espousing the Confederacy in her poems.
Quotes
edit- White as the blossoms which the almond tree,
Above its bald and leafless branches bears.- The Royal Preacher, Stanza 5, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 19.
- The lotos bowed above the tide and dreamed.
- Rhodope's Sandal, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 463.
- The pure memories given
To help our joy on earth, when earth is past,
Shall help our joy in heaven.- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 407.
- With guilt's defilement stained, without, within,
How may I hope Thy cleansing grace to win?
Because Thou saidst, "I have forgiven thy sin."- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 87.
- Pain is no longer pain when it is past.
- Old Songs and New. Nature's Lesson, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 575.
- Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew
Shut in a lily's golden core.- Agnes, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 458.