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Last updated on December 1, 2024.
Ellen Palmer Allerton

Ellen Palmer Allerton was an American poet whose inspiration probably came from her life on farms in rural New York, Wisconsin, and Kansas. She is best remembered for the poems Beautiful Things, The Trail of Forty-Nine and Walls of Corn.

October 17, 1835 - August 31, 1893
Beautiful eyes are those that show,
 Like crystal panes where hearth fires glow, 
Beautiful thoughts that burn below. โ€” ยฉ Ellen Palmer Allerton
Beautiful eyes are those that show, Like crystal panes where hearth fires glow, Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful faces are those that wear โ€” It matters little if dark or fair โ€” Whole-souled honesty printed there.
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