“Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover…” — Celia Thaxter

“Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made.”

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About Celia Thaxter

29 June 1835–25 August 1894

In the vast and often storm-tossed landscape of American literature, certain voices emerge not from the bustling centers of culture, but from the quiet, salt-sprayed margins. Celia Laighton Thaxter, born on June 29, 1835, on the windswept island of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was such a voice—a poet whose work bloomed…

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