Top 5 Quotes by Margaret Junkin Preston

But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!

Thanksgiving, Sweet, Lying

Margaret Junkin Preston (1887). “Colonial Ballads, Sonnets, and Other Verse”

O Nature, gracious mother of us all, Within thy bosom myriad secrets lie Which thou surrenderest to the patient eye That seeks and waits.

Mother, Nature, Lying

God pity the tortured hearts that will pant through this night! And the agony of the poor wife who has heard that her husband is really killed!

Husband, War, Heart

Elizabeth Randolph Preston Allan, Margaret Junkin Preston (1903). “The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston”

Pain is no longer pain when it is past.

Pain, Past

Margaret Junkin Preston (1870). “Old Song and New”, p.260

The lotos bowed above the tide and dreamed.

Lotuses, Tides

Margaret Junkin Preston (1870). “Old Song and New”, p.94

Margaret Junkin Preston Quotes