Elizabeth Prentiss, born Elizabeth Payson on 26 October 1818 in Portland, Maine, and dead on 13 August 1878 in Dorset, Vermont, belonged to that important company of nineteenth-century American women whose literary influence was felt most deeply in homes, churches, and private devotional reading rather than in the official institutions of literary prestige. She was a poet, hymn writer, novelist, teacher, minister’s w…
“Whatever may be said to the contrary by others, to me life has been a battle-field, and I believe always will be; but is the soldier necessarily unhappy because he is fighting?”
Neighbourhood:
American Poets, Devotional Poets, Hymn Writers, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Peace, Spirituality, Tenderness
Born in the rugged landscapes of Yorkshire in 1938, Rose Milligan entered a world still echoing with the resilience forged by the interwar years and the looming shadows of global conflict. Yorkshire, with its rolling moors, industrial grit, and timeless valleys, would imprint itself deeply upon her sensibility, nurturing a quiet appreciation for the natural world that later blossomed into poetic reflection. Though de…
Neighbourhood:
Death & Mortality, Light Verse Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Wonder, Peace, Tenderness
