Nora Perry

Nora Perry (1832–1896) was an American poet, journalist, and writer of juvenile stories, and for some years Boston correspondent of the Chicago Tribune.

Quotes

• Who knows the thoughts of a child?
  • "Who Knows?", line 1, in New Songs and Ballads (Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887), p. 171.

After the Ball and Other Poems (1875)

After the Ball and Other Poems (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875)

• They sat and combed their beautiful hair,
  Their long, bright tresses, one by one,
  As they laughed and talked in the chamber there,
  After the revel was done.
  • "After the Ball", stanza 1, p. 9.

• Tying her bonnet under her chin,
  She tied her raven ringlets in;
  But not alone in the silken snare
  Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
  For, tying her bonnet under her chin,
  She tied a young man’s heart within.
  • "Tying Her Bonnet under Her Chin", stanza 1, p. 119.

• So sweet, so sweet, the roses in their blowing,
  So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see;
  So blithe and gay the humming-bird a-going
  From flower to flower, a-hunting with the bee.
  • "In June", stanza 1, p, 152.

• Some day, some day of days, threading the street,
  With idle, heedless pace,
  Unlooking for such grace,
  I shall behold your face!
  Some day, some day of days, thus may we meet.
  • "Some Day of Days", stanza 1, p. 158.

External links

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