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Jean Ingelow

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I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.


— Jean Ingelow


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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.


— Jean Ingelow


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The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.


— Jean Ingelow


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Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.


— Jean Ingelow


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And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.


— Jean Ingelow


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It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.


— Jean Ingelow


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When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.


— Jean Ingelow


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Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.


— Jean Ingelow


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And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.


— Jean Ingelow


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A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.


— Jean Ingelow


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Jean Ingelow wrote some other good things but nothing at all equalling this; while Jean Ingelow also wrote too much and too long. A reading of the same poem forms a scene in chapter 7 of D. The last years of her life were spent in Kensington and Jean Ingelow outlived her popularity as a poet.

Jean Ingelow (17 March 1820 – 20 July 1897) was an English poet and novelist.

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