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Emma Huntington Nason

1845–1921


Emma Huntington Nason (1845–1921) was an American poet, born in Hallowell, Maine, who lived in Augusta. Her books include White Sails (1888) and The Tower, with Legends and Lyrics (1895).

The poem printed here is taken from An American Anthology, 1787–1900, edited by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900).

  1. A Child’s Question
  2. The Cricket's Story

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