Backward, turn backward, O Time in your flight; Make me a child again just for tonight.
Elizabeth Akers Allen Quotes
Showing all text quotesBirth: | 9th October, 1832 |
Death: | 7th August, 1911 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Journalist, Poet |
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Elizabeth Chase Akers Allen was born in Strong, Maine, USA. She was an American journalist and poet. She began to write at the age of fifteen, under the pen name Florence Percy, and in 1855 published under that name a volume of poems entitled Forest Buds. While in Europe she served as a correspondent for the Portland Transcript and the Boston Evening Gazette. Among her works, which include both prose and poetry, are: Queen Catharine's Rose, The Silver Bridge, Two Saints, and The Sunset Song.
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