Mary Howitt Quotes

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"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the Spider to the Fly; "'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy."

Mary Howitt
Yes, in the poor man's garden grow
Far more than herbs and flowers—
Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind,
And joy for weary hours.

Mary Howitt
True delicacy, that most beautiful heart-leaf of humanity, exhibits itself most significantly in little things.

Mary Howitt
Buttercups and Daisies—
Oh, the pretty flowers,
Coming ere the spring time,
To tell of sunny hours.

Mary Howitt
Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we;
Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.

Mary Howitt
I know he's coming by this sign, That baby's almost wild; See how he laughs and crows and starts — Heaven, bless the merry child! He's father's self in face and limb, And father's heart is strong in him. Shout, baby, shout! and clap thy hands, For father on the threshold stands.

Mary Howitt
To ask me is in vain;
For who goes up your winding stair
Can ne'er come down again.

Mary Howitt
The wild sea roars and lashes the granite cliffs below,
And round the misty islets the loud strong tempests blow.

Mary Howitt
How pleasant the lives of the birds must be,
Living in love in a leafy tree!

Mary Howitt
God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race — to enlarge our hearts, to make us unselfish, and full of kindly sympathies and affections; to give our souls higher aims, and to call out all our faculties to extended enterprise and exertion.

Mary Howitt
Then take me on your knee, mother; And listen, mother of mine. A hundred fairies danced last night, And the harpers they were nine.

Mary Howitt
When on the breath of Autumn's breeze, From pastures dry and brown, Goes floating, like an idle thought, The fair, white thistle-down; O, then what joy to walk at will, Upon the golden harvest-hill!

Mary Howitt