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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 6: seventy years young 1889-1890; aet. 70-71 (search)
even decades of my years I figure like those Pleiad spheres Which, throa the heaven's soft impulse moved, Still seek a sister star beloved. Throa many sorrows, more delight, Throa miracles in sound and sight, Throa battles lost and battles won, These star-spaced years have led me on. Though long behind me shows the path, The future still its promise hath, For thoa the past be fair and fond, The perfect number lies beyond. J. W. H. She was dissatisfied with herself in these days. January 1, 1889. In my prayer this night I asked for weight and earnestness of purpose. I am too frivolous and frisky. On waking I said, If God does not help me this day, I shall not be able to finish my address. [for a Washington's Birthday celebration at Newport] She thinks He did help her, as she found the vein of what she wished to say, and finished it to her tolerable satisfaction. As I entered the hall in the evening, the thought of Cinderella struck me, and I used it by comparing the