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Richard Watson Gilder on Mother's Day

1844–1909 United States

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5 quotes

Through love to light! Oh wonderful the way
That leads from darkness to the perfect day!

The New Day (1875)

Not from the whole wide world I chose thee—
Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea!
The wide, wide world could not inclose thee,
For thou art the whole wide world to me.

The New Day (1875)

Love, Love, my Love.
The best things are the truest!
When the earth lies shadowy dark below
Oh, then the heavens are bluest!

I love her doubting and anguish;
I love the love she withholds;
I love my love that loveth her
And anew her being moulds.

The New Day (1875)

I love her doubling and anguish;
I love the love she withholds,
I love my love that loveth her,
And anew her being moulds.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Watson Gilder (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.