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The Poems of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

This book features a selection of poems written by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, offering insights into her personal experiences and reflections. more

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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, born on September 27, 1861, and died on February 17, 1933, was an American poet. Her poetry is known for its delicate emotions and profound thoughts, making her a significant figure in American literature at the turn of the 20th century. more

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“Though nature is constantly beautiful, she does not exhibit her highest powers of beauty constantly, for then they would satiate us and pall upon our senses. It is necessary to their appreciation that they should be rarely shown. Her finest touches are things which must be watched for; her most perfect passages of beauty are the most evanescent.”

“My entire delight was in observing without being myself noticed,- if I could have been invisible, all the better. . . to be in the midst of it, and rejoice and wonder at it, and help it if I could, - happier if it needed no help of mine, - this was the essential love of Nature in me, this the root of all that I have usefully become, and the light of all that I have rightly learned.”