Clara Jessup Moore

Clara Jessup Moore (February 16, 1824 – January 5, 1899) was an American poet, born in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Quotes

 * If he bring me a rose, a briar rose, To place in my braided hair, I shall know there are thorns in life for me And many a wearying care. If he bring me a lily pure and pale And lay it upon my breast, I shall know that my life will be of peace, As a bird in its mother's nest.
 * The Maiden's Flower Omens


 * Within a temple's towering walls I stand A temple vast; the heaven is its dome: No corniced crag was hewn by human hand, Nor by it wrought this tracery of foam;
 * Niagara Below the Cataract


 * O wondrous sphinx! within thy marble breast What undreamed secrets lie concealed! Hast thou no pity for my wild unrest My maddening longing for the unrevealed?
 * Death