“Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood; Maple and elm and towering pine Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.” ChildrenDarkSilentWoodsFoldsGrandeurMaple Book:Poems Source: Poems
“No mother who stands upon low ground herself can hope to place her children upon a loftier plane. They may reach it, but it will not be through her.” MayChildrenMotherLowsPlanes Author:Julia Caroline Dorr