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Born in August 12, 1854 / Died in September 13, 1925 / United States / English

Poems by Edith Matilda Thomas

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From “The Inverted Torch”: When In The First Great Hour

... While from the stream-sides and the fields around &emsp ...

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Mother England

...   Yet, Mother England! yet their hearts are great, ...

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A Little Boy’s Vain Regret

... He looked in my face for an instant, and then ...

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Thefts of the Morning

...   Our gems make bright her crown, incrust her throne: ...

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The Mother Who Died Too

...   When she among the heavenly children came— ...

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Frost

... That webs the streams, each morn, with silver wire, ...

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The Quiet Pilgrim:

... Youth shuns me not, nor gladness fears,— &emsp ...

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Winter Sleep

...   Life—life, strong life, and think not of the grave, &emsp ...

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The Betrayal of the Rose

...   From the red rose did borrow ...

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Breath of Hampstead Heath

... Recalling what blithe presence filled the place ...

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The Tears of the Poplars

... Throng the light birds—so much our grief they fear! ...

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A Far Cry to Heaven

...   For this, that thou prayest vain things, ’t is a far cry to Heaven, my soul,— ...

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Quatrains

... When these, who spend life’s day with me, find rest, ...