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Hilda Conkling Quotes

The world turns softly / Not to spill its lakes and rivers.

The world turns softly / Not to spill its lakes and rivers.

Hilda Conkling
Lakes, Rivers, World
Hilda Conkling (1929). “Poems by a Little Girl”, p.14, Library of Alexandria

The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers, The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water. What is water, That pours silver, And can hold the sky?

Hilda Conkling
Rain, Lakes, Sky
Hilda Conkling (1929). “Poems by a Little Girl”, p.14, Library of Alexandria

The moon is at her crystal window / Spinning and weaving...

Hilda Conkling
Moon, Weaving, Spinning
Hilda Conkling (1924). “Silverhorn: The Hilda Conkling Book for Other Children”

The morning is like the inside of a snow-apple.

Hilda Conkling
Morning, Apples, Snow
Hilda Conkling (1929). “Poems by a Little Girl”, p.8, Library of Alexandria

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