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Charlotte A. Barnard
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“I cannot sing the old songs / I sung long years ago, / My heart and voice would fail me, / And foolish tears would flow ...”
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“Flowers produce an effect on me which can only be produced in an equal degree by music.”
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“But oh! I miss the voices, that / Were once so glad in spring; / Then ask me not for songs to-night, / I have no heart to sing.”
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“Bring me ivy, bring me holly, / Let the mistletoe entwine, / Let the scarlet berries sparkle / In this Christmas wreath of mine.”
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“What good it does one to have a hearty, uncontrollable fit of laughter.”
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“Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk ... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away!”
Charlotte A. Barnard, English songwriter
(1830 - 1869)
Full name: Charlotte Alington Barnard. Also known as Claribel.