Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Maria Gowen Brooks

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Maria Gowen Brooks.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Maria Gowen Brooks

Maria Gowen (or Gowan) Brooks was an American poet. She impressed Edgar Allan Poe and the English Poet Laureate, Robert Southey, who promoted her best-known poem Zophiël.

American - Poet | 1794 - 1845
The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets Most perfect dies.
Love and hope are twins.
How can I no longer bear my weary doom? Alas! what have I gain'd for all I lost? — © Maria Gowen Brooks
How can I no longer bear my weary doom? Alas! what have I gain'd for all I lost?
Distrust my wisdom, but regard my truth.
Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded.
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