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Within a temple's towering walls I stand
A temple vast; the heaven is its dome:
No corniced crag was hewn by human hand,
Nor by it wrought this tracery of foam;

Clara Jessup Moore

If he bring me a rose, a briar rose,
To place in my braided hair,
I shall know there are thorns in life for me
And many a wearying care.
If he bring me a lily pure and pale
And lay it upon my breast,
I shall know that my life will be of peace,
As a bird in its mother's nest.

Clara Jessup Moore

O wondrous sphinx! within thy marble breast
What undreamed secrets lie concealed!
Hast thou no pity for my wild unrest
My maddening longing for the unrevealed?

Clara Jessup Moore

Clara Jessup Moore

Clara Jessup Moore

Born: 1824

Died: 1899 (aged 75)

Bio: Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield-Moore was an American philanthropist and writer, born in Westfield, Massachusetts. She married businessman Bloomfield Haines Moore and resided in Philadelphia from the date of her marriage onward.

Known for:

Keely and His Discoveries
Frank and Fanny: A Rural Story

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