Mary Ashley Townsend Quotes

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How much do I love thee? Go ask the deep sea How many rare gems In its coral caves be; Or ask the broad billows, That ceaselessly roar, How many bright sands Do they kiss on the shore?

Mary Ashley Townsend

I believe if I should die,
And you should kiss my eyelids where I lie
Cold, dead, and dumb to all the world contains,
The folded orbs would open at thy breath,
And from its exile in the Isles of Death
Life would come gladly back along my veins.

Mary Ashley Townsend

Mary Ashley Townsend

Mary Ashley Townsend

Born: 1836

Died: 1901 (aged 65)

Bio: Mary Ashley Townsend was an American poet and writer.

Known for:

Distaff and spindle
DOWN THE BAYOU THE CAPTAINS ST
XARIFFAS POEMS
CAPTIANS STORY (1874)

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