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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 X

... TO TAGLIONI. SPIRIT of Grace, whose airy footsteps fall ...

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Description Of A Lost Friend

... That, with all their worst faults at their back, ...

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Sonnet XV

... [To whom I owe the popularity of some of my favourite ballads ...

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The Lament For Shuil Donald’s Daughter

... For the old man's cherish'd blessing on her bed of death lies sleeping,-- ...

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May-Day, 1837

... Breathe, amid cloud-capp'd hills, a yet more wintry May! ...

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The Fallen Leaves

... We tread with steps of conscious strength ...

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Sonnet XVII

... Vaguely imagines Heaven,-foretaught that thou art THERE! ...

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I Was Not False To Thee

... 'Tis strange! but when long years are past, ...

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Old Friends

... And cold distrust its well-feigned smile displays ...

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Sonnet XIV

... As in the wave's green depth, my shadow may discern ...

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The Chapel Royal St. James’s, On The 10th February, 1840

... Watching those steps thro' Westminster's proud aisle, ...

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First Love

... And though love and its transports are over, ...

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The Faithful Friend

... Wit, learning, wealth, seem'd overprized, since thou, dear friend, couldst be ...

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The Hunting Horn Of Chalemagne

... Pause!--the free winds that joyous blast have borne:-- ...

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Sonnet II

... RAPHAEL. BLESS'D wert thou, whom Death, and not Decay, ...