Quotes by : Lucy Larcom

If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.

A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which....

He who plants a tree, plants a hope.

No one can feel more gratefully the charm of noble scenery, or the refreshment of escape into the unspoiled....

From the first opening of our eyes, it is the light that attracts us. We clutch aimlessly with our baby....

What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating....

Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity....

Whatever with the past has gone the best is always yet to come.

Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through....