Lady Caroline Sheridan Norton (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton) Quotes

Silent companions of the lonely hour, Friends, who can alter or forsake. Who for inconstant roving have no power, And all neglect, perforce, must calmly take.

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

Until I truly loved, I was alone.

They serve God well, Who serve his creatures.

God made all pleasures innocent.

The only love which on this teeming earth asks no return for passion's wayward birth.

Sweet is the image of the brooding dove! Holy as heaven a mother's tender love! The love of many prayers, and many tears, Which changes not with dim declining years-- The only love, which, on this teeming earth, Asks no return for passion's wayward birth.

My beautiful! my, beautiful! That standest meekly by With thy proudly arch'd and glossy neck, And dark and fiery eye;-- The stranger hath thy bridle-rein-- Thy master hath his gold Fleet-limb'd and beautiful, farewell! Thou 'rt sold, my steed--thou 'rt sold!

We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.

Thine was the shout! the song! the burst of joy! Which sweet from childhood's rosy lip resoundeth; Thine was the eager spirit nought could cloy, And the glad heart from which all grief reboundeth.