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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY; INSCRIPTION ON HER MEMORIAL TABLET, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: She sang alone, ere womanhood had known
Last Line: May fitly linger where she knelt to pray.
Subject(s): Sigourney, Lydia Howard (1791-1865)
First Line: She sang alone, ere womanhood had known
Last Line: May fitly linger where she knelt to pray.
Subject(s): Sigourney, Lydia Howard (1791-1865)
SHE sang alone, ere womanhood had known
The gift of song which fills the air to-day:
Tender and sweet, a music all her own
May fitly linger where she knelt to pray.
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