Mary Howitt

Mary Howitt (12 March 1799 – 30 January 1888) was an English poet, and author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly.

Quotes

• Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we;
  Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.
  • Old England is our Home, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• "Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly;
  "'T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy."
  • The Spider and the Fly, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• The wild sea roars and lashes the granite cliffs below,
  And round the misty islets the loud strong tempests blow.
  • The Sea-Fowler, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• 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.
  • The poor Man's , reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Buttercups and Daisies—
      Oh, the pretty flowers,
  Coming ere the spring time,
      To tell of sunny hours.
  • "Buttercups and Daisies," The Christmas Library: Birds and flowers and other country things, Volume 1 (1837).

External links

• The Mary Howitt website
• Works by Mary Howitt at Project Gutenberg
• Complete list of her works