Violet Fane

Violet Fane

Mary Montgomerie, Lady Currie (née Lamb; 24 February 1843 – 13 October 1905), known by the literary pseudonym Violet Fane, was an English poet, writer, and later an ambassadress.

Quotes

  • Love is the gift that brings us nearer Heaven
    Than any other gift the world can hold,
    And perfect Love is nearest perfect bliss.
    • "I live my life away from thee!", l. 40. From Noon to Dawn: Poems (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872) p. 71
  • Ah! "All things come to those who wait" —
       (I say these words to make me glad).
       But something answers soft and sad
    "They come, but often come too late!"
    • "Tout vient à qui sait attendre", st. 10. From Noon to Dawn (1872) p. 85 (see also Misquotations)
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