American poet (1866-1892)
All's well with thee if thou art in just hands.
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"The Eternal Justice"
But in our anguish-darkened land, let us draw close, and clasp the hand; our whispered password holds assuagement -- the solemn "Yea, I understand!"
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"Fraternity"
I bought the sweetness with this pain.
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"The Choice"
Words? I tell you not to write me letters; I command you. Is it not enough to want you so in vain, but you send me what evokes you here before me -- this paper, all along whose lines your hand has lain?
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"His Reply"
Love's the little leaven that works the whole world glad.
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"In November"
I shall pass Dawn on her way to earth, as I seek for a path through space.
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"Death at Daybreak"
I do not wish to grow old, to outlive my illusions. Only a short respite from cares and sorrow, a brief time of flowers, and music, and love, and laughter, and ecstatic tears.
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"An Evening With Callender"
I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"Intention"
There is nothing so entirely desirable in all the world as a few hours' oblivion.
ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
"An Evening With Callender"