Thistledown in prison sings: Bright shines the summer sun,Soft is the summer air;Gayly the...
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet who lived from 1832 to 1888. She is best known for writing the novel Little Women and its sequels, which are loosely based on her own childhood experiences with her three sisters. She was also an abolitionist, a feminist, and a pioneer of women’s suffrage in the United States. |
Awake! Awake! for the earliest gleamOf golden sunlight shinesOn the rippling waves, that brightly...
Swallow, swallow, neighbor swallow,Starting on your autumn flight,Pause a moment at my window,Twitter softly...
Little shadows, little shadowsDancing on the chamber wall,While I sit beside the hearthstoneWhere the...
From our happy homeThrough the world we roamOne week in all the year,Making winter...
The moonlight fades from flower and roseAnd the stars dim one by one;The tale...