Born: 1840, Surrey, England.
Margaret was the daughter of Martin Tupper and Isabella Devis. Some sources show her middle name as Elenore
or Eleanor.
She and her sisters published a volume of original poems, with some translations from the Swedish, titled Poems by Three Sisters (London: Edward Moxon, 1864). This book spells her middle name as Elenora.
Bright today and dark tomorrow;
Such is life;
Changing scenes of joy and sorrow
Ever rise:
Yet there is a Hand to guide us,
Yet there is a Friend beside us,
Ordering all things that betide us—
Peace or strife.
Still we wonder why the gladness
Of earth’s best,
Should so soon be turn’d to sadness
Like the rest;
But He knows, who trial sendeth,
That in love those hearts He rendeth;
He, who through God’s chast’ning bendeth,
Is most blest.
Yet sometimes our faith grows weary
When joys flee,
And life seems a dark and dreary
Troubled sea!
Peace—be still; have no repining;
Each cloud has its silver lining,
Christ is in the darkness shining,
Blessing thee.
Margaret Elenora Tupper
Poems by Three Sisters, 1864
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