Leonora, Leonora, How the word rolls—Leonora—Lion-like, in full-mouthed sound, Marching o’er the metric ground With a tawny tread sublime; So your name moves, Leonora, Down my desert rhyme.
Dinah Maria Craik Quotes
When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no more on our duty, but simply do it. When we have done it, however blindly, perhaps Heaven will show us why.
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| Birth: | 1826 |
| Death: | 12th October, 1887 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
About
Dinah Maria Craik was born in Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire, England. She was an English novelist and poet. Her own favourite novel was A life for a life. She is best known for the novel John Halifax, Gentleman. She also published some poetry, narratives of tours in Ireland and Cornwall, and A Woman's Thoughts about Women. Her final book, An Unknown Country, was published by Macmillan in 1887.
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