Mary Mapes Dodge
American children's writer (1831-1905)
Mary Mapes Dodge(26 January1831–21 August1905) was anAmericanchildren's writerand editor, best known for her novelHans Brinker.
Quotes
editAlong the Way(1879)
edit- Along the Way(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879)
- Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be;
Yet oh, how dear it is to us, this life we live and see!- "The Two Mysteries", line 11, p. 16.
- But I believe that God is overhead;
And as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.- "The Two Mysteries", line 19, p. 17.
- For ever and ever, my darling, yes—
Goodness and love are undying;
Only the troubles and cares of earth
Are winged from the first for flying.
Our way we plough
In the furrow "now;"
But after the tilling and growing the sheaf;
Soil for the root, but the sun for the leaf—
And God keepeth watch forever.- "Trust", stanza 5, p. 57.
- Whenever a snow-flake leaves the sky,
It turns and turns to say "Good-bye!
Good-by, dear cloud, so cool and gray! "
Then lightly travels on its way.- "Snow-flakes", stanza 1, p. 69.
- But when a snow-flake, brave and meek,
Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,
It starts— "How warm and soft the day!"
"'Tis summer!" and it melts away.- "Snow-flakes", stanza 3, p. 69.
