Dorothea

Dorothea is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift". It may refer to:

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Famous quotes containing the word dorothea:

    “The breaking waves dashed high
    On a stern and rock-bound coast,”
    —Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1783–1835)

    “What sought they thus afar?
    Bright jewels of the mine?
    The wealthy of seas, the spoils of war?—
    They sought a faith’s pure shrine!

    Ay, call it holy ground,
    The soil where first they trod;
    They have left unstained what there they found,—
    Freedom to worship God.”
    —Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1783–1835)

    “And the heavy night hung dark
    The hills and waters o’er,
    When a band of exiles moored their bark
    On the wild New England shore.”
    —Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1783–1835)