Lydia Huntley Sigourney, born Lydia Howard Huntley on 1 September 1791 in Norwich, Connecticut, became one of the most widely read, industrious, and culturally influential American writers of the nineteenth century. During the height of her career, her poems were printed in newspapers and magazines, memorized by schoolchildren, recited at funerals, quoted from pulpits, and displayed in family albums. She wrote for re…
“If there is any kitchen in Parnassus, my Muse has surely officiated there as a woman of all work, and an aproned waiter.”
Neighbourhood:
American Poets, Devotional Poets, Hymn Writers, Romantic Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Despair, Spirituality
In the annals of early twentieth-century English poetry, few voices captured the essence of maritime life with such authenticity and vigor as Cicely Fox Smith. Born on February 1, 1882, in Lymm, Cheshire, she would become one of the most distinctive poets of the sea, a woman who carved out a remarkable niche in a literary world dominated by male voices, particularly in the traditionally masculine domain of nautical v…
Neighbourhood:
Edwardian Poets, Folk & Ballad Poets, Georgian Poets
Emotional landscape: Joy, Sorrow, Fear
