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Born in March 22, 1808 / Died in June 15, 1877 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Caroline Norton

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Sonnet XVIII

... [Inscribed, with deep and earnest sympathy, to her Mother, The Countess of Carlisle ...

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I Cannot Love Thee!

... d choice. Therefore, when thine eyes shall read ...

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The Greek Girl’s Lament For Her Lover

... And the bright hope that was burning ...

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The Wanderer Looking Into Other Homes

... Through the clear lattice, on the hearth's wide stone, ...

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On The Purple And White Carnation

... 'Twas Love! and the dew-drops that blushed on the wound ...

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Picture of Twilight

... And, though such radiance round him brightly glows, ...

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Sonnet I

... The blush which tints that cheek with roseate glow,-- ...

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The Sense Of Beauty

... But oh! how bright to him, whose hand thou dost inspire! ...

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Twilight

... And the stiff limbs warm'd and bent them ...

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The Creole Girl; Or, The Physician’s Story

... XVIII. Least, least of all for thee! Thou art gone hence! ...

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The Widow To Her Son’s Betrothed

... Kiss'd thy smooth cheek, and praised thy burnish'd hair ...

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"The Undying One" - Canto I

... and it came Tainting my life with pains like hell's dark flame ...

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My Heart Is Like A Withered Nut!

... Each light-toned voice once cleared my brow, ...

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The Mother’s Heart

... Still, round the loved, thy heart found force to bind, ...

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The Christening

... With Prayer,--which lifteth hearts, and quelleth strife! ...