Anne Reeve Aldrich Quotes

5 Sourced Quotes

I shall pass Dawn on her way to earth, as I seek for a path through space.

Anne Reeve Aldrich

There is nothing so entirely desirable in all the world as a few hours oblivion.

Anne Reeve Aldrich

I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.

Anne Reeve Aldrich

I do not wish to grow old, to outlive my illusions. Only a short respite from cares and sorrow, a brief time of flowers, and music, and love, and laughter, and ecstatic tears.

Anne Reeve Aldrich

Words? I tell you not to write me letters; I command you. Is it not enough to want you so in vain, but you send me what evokes you here before me -- this paper, all along whose lines your hand has lain?

Anne Reeve Aldrich

Anne Reeve Aldrich

Anne Reeve Aldrich

Born: April 25, 1866

Died: June 22, 1892 (aged 26)

Bio: Anne Reeve Aldrich was an American poet and novelist. Her works include The Rose and Flame and Other Poems and The Feet of Love.

Known for:

Village Ophelia and Other Stories
The rose of flame (1889)
Nadine and other poems
Songs About Life, Love And Death (1892)

Anne Reeve Aldrich on Wikipedia

Anne Reeve Aldrich works on Gutenberg Project

Anne Reeve Aldrich works on Wikisource

Suggest an edit or a new quote

19th-century Author Quotes

19th-century Women