Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (April 3, 1835 – August 14, 1921) was a notable American writer remembered for her novels, poems and detective stories.

Quotes

 * The awful phantom of the hungry poor.
 * A Winter’s Night (sonnet).


 * Ah, happy world, where all things live Creatures of one great law, indeed; Bound by strong roots, the splendid flower,—  Swept by great seas, the drifting seed!
 * The Story of the Flower.


 * A place of dream, the Holy Land Hangs midway between earth and heaven.
 * The Holy Land.


 * Beauty vanishes like a vapor, Preach the men of musty morals.
 * Evanescence (1900).


 * He is one of those people to whom you must allow moods,—when their sun shines, dance,—and when their vapors rise, sit in the shadow.
 * The Amber Gods (1863).