Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howewas an American poet and author, best known for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". She was also an advocate for abolitionism and was a social activist, particularly for women's suffrage...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth27 May 1819
CountryUnited States of America
new-year writing thinking
I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.
hiking people faithful
I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.
cups sugar bottom
All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup.
marching-on lamps evening
I have seen him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps, I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps, His Day is marching on.
bed died
Hope died as I was led unto my marriage bed.
god war eye
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored ...
work dark done
Much of the work of every life is done in the dark.
beauty should profession
It is not good for beauty that it should be a profession.
perception daily-life edges
Familiarity so dulls the edge of perception as to make us least acquainted with things forming part of our daily life.
freedom men sea
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me; As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
inspirational-life expression life-is
While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?
going-out
How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.
taken son charity
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
debt
Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.