Maria Gowen Brooks Professions : Poet Born : 1794 Died : 1845 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Maria Gowen Brooks Distrust my wisdom, but regard my truth. Maria Gowen Brooks regard distrust truth Love and hope are twins. Maria Gowen Brooks hope-and-love twins love The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets Most perfect dies. Maria Gowen Brooks perfect rose sweet Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded. Maria Gowen Brooks grove magnolias towers How can I no longer bear my weary doom? Alas! what have I gain'd for all I lost? Maria Gowen Brooks gains bears loss Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors