“On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their loss. This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them, the hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.” PeopleKnowsMenChildrenWarWholeHouseStrongLossWhitePoorGriefFateFrontsColdMetsHundredBraveCrowdsCivil WarHopelessAffectedWhite HouseWetDiminishWeepingAvenuesBrave ManBenefactorsWailing Author:Gideon Welles
“To sit beside the board and drink good wine And watch the turf smoke coiling from the fire And feel content and wisdom in your heart, This is the best of life; when we are young We long to tread a way none trod before, But find the excellent old way through love And through the care of children to the hour Forbidding Fate and Time and Change goodbye.” WayFeelsHeartChildrenLongCareYoungHoursWatchesFireFateDrinkWineSmokeExcellentBoardsGoodbyeOld WaysGood WineTurfTime And Change Book:When You Are Old: Early Poems, Plays, and Fairy Tales Source: When You Are Old: Early Poems, Plays, and Fairy Tales
“O Liberty, white Goddess! is it well to leave the gates unguarded? On thy breast fold Sorrow's children, soothe the hurts of Fate, lift the down-trodden, but with hand of steel stay those who to thy sacred portals come to waste the gifts of Freedom.” WellsChildrenHandsHurtWhiteLibertyFateSorrowWasteSacredLiftsBreastsGatesGoddessSteelFoldsPortal Book:The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems Source: The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems