Karle Wilson Baker Quotes
1878–1960 United States
Karle Wilson Baker (née Wilson; October 13, 1878 – November 8, 1960) was an American poet and author, born in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Some days my thoughts are just cocoons—all cold, and dull, and blind,
They hang from dripping branches in the gray woods of my mind;
And other days they drift and shine—such free and flying things!
I find the gold-dust in my hair, left by their brushing wings.
Let me grow lovely, growing old—
So many fine things do:
Laces, and ivory, and gold,
And silks need not be new;
And there is healing in old trees.
Old streets a glamour hold:
Why may not I, as well as these,
Grow lovely, growing old?