An American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.. American poet
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Of all sad words of tongue and pen the saddest are these, what might have been. Go to Quote / Comment
'I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you,... Go to Quote / Comment
These Flemish pictures of old days; Sit with me by the homestead hearth,... Go to Quote / Comment
All else is gone; from those great eyes The soul has fled:... Go to Quote / Comment
How dwarfed against his manliness she sees the poor pretension, the wants, the aims, the follies, born of fashion and convention! Go to Quote / Comment