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Quotes by Elizabeth Akers Allen
AGE (OLD). Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years! I am so weary of toil and of tears, - Toil without recompense, tears all in vain- Take them and give me my childhood again!— filed under Affliction
Behold, we live through all things,-famine, thirst, Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery, All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst On soul and body, -but we cannot die, Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,- Lo, all things can be borne!— filed under Experience
Blush, happy maiden, when you feel The lips which press love's glowing seal; But as the slow years darklier roll, Grown wiser, the experienced soul Will own as dearer far than they The lips which kiss the tears away.— filed under Kisses
Backward, turn backward, O Time in your flight! Make me a child again, just for to-night!— filed under Time