Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920) was an American poetess and essayist, born in Boston. The daughter of Gen. Patrick R. Guiney, she was educated at a convent school in Providence, Rhode Island. She edited editions of J. C. Mangan and of Matthew Arnold, and shared with Mrs. Spofford and Alice Brown the authorship of Three Heroines of English Romance (1894). Her more noteworthy volumes of poetry are: Songs at the Start (1884) The White Sail and Other Poems (1887) The Martyr's Idyl, and Shorter Poems (1899) She wrote also much in prose and, notably: Monsieur Henri, a Footnote to French History (1892) A Little English Gallery (1894) Patrins: A Collection of Essays (1897) Hurrell Froude (1904)
romans in dorset: a.d. mdcccxcv
A stupor on the heath,
And wrath along the sky;
Space everywhere; beneath...[read poem]
A stupor on the heath,
And wrath along the sky;
Space everywhere; beneath...
the indian burying ground
In spite of all the learned have said,
I still my old opinion keep;
Th...[read poem]
In spite of all the learned have said,
I still my old opinion keep;
Th...
to mr. blanchard, the celebrated aeronaut
Nil Mortalibus ard unum lest
Coelum ipsum petimus stuttistra.
...[read poem]
Nil Mortalibus ard unum lest
Coelum ipsum petimus stuttistra.
...
to sir toby,
“ The motions of his spirit are black as night,
“ And his affections dark...[read poem]
“ The motions of his spirit are black as night,
“ And his affections dark...
the lights of london
The evenfall, so slow on hills, hath shot
Far down into the valley's cold extreme,
Untimel...[read poem]
The evenfall, so slow on hills, hath shot
Far down into the valley's cold extreme,
Untimel...
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