Ellen Clementine Howarth

Ellen Clementine Howarth (May 17, 1827 – December 23, 1899), born Ellen Clementine Doran in Cooperstown, New York, was an American poet.

Quotes

 * 'T is but a little faded flower, But oh, how fondly dear! 'T will bring me back one golden hour, Through many a weary year.
 *  'Tis but a Little, Faded Flower, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * Who hath not saved some trifling thing More prized than jewels rare, A faded flower, a broken ring,  A tress of golden hair.
 *  'Tis but a Little Faded Flower, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 12.


 * Where is the heart that doth not keep, Within its inmost core, Some fond remembrance hidden deep,  Of days that are no more?
 *  'Tis but a Little Faded Flower, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 507.