Harriet Winslow Sewall Quotes

1819–1889

Harriet Winslow Sewall (1819–1889) was an American poet, and editor of the collected letters of Lydia Maria Child.

Why thus longing?, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Poor indeed must thou be, if around theeThou no ray of light and joy canst throw—

Harriet Winslow Sewall
— Why thus longing? reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).