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Leonora Speyer

  • “In the deep valleys, and deeper still, / I found my heights ... against my will.”

    • Leonora Speyer,
    • "Down to the Heights," in Harriet Monroe, ed., Poetry ()

  • “Summer is burning! From trees' red crowns / Ashes of June pour hotly down.”

    • Leonora Speyer,
    • "Forest Fires," in Harriet Monroe, ed., Poetry ()

  • “You gave me wings to fly; / Then took away the sky.”

    • Leonora Speyer,
    • "Reproach," Fiddler's Farewell ()

  • “Let not my death be long, / But light / As a bird's swinging; / Happy decision in the height / Of song — / Then flight / From off the ultimate bough! / And let my wing be strong, / And my last note the first / Of another's singing. / See to it, Thou!”

    • Leonora Speyer,
    • "Let Not My Death Be Long," Fiddler's Farewell ()

Leonora Speyer, U.S. poet, violinist

(1872 - 1956)

 Full name: Leonora von Stosch Speyer, Lady Speyer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Leonora Speyer, Lady Speyer (née von Stosch)