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And yet we check and chide
The airy angels as they float about us,
With rules of so-called wisdom, till they grow
The same tame slaves to custom and the world.

Frances Sargent Osgood

Did you ever hear
Of the frolic fairies dear?
They're a blessed little race,
Peeping up in fancy's face,
In the valley, on the hill,
By the fountain and the rill;
Laughing out between the leaves
That the loving summer weaves.

Frances Sargent Osgood

Frances Sargent Osgood

Frances Sargent Osgood

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Born: June 18, 1811

Died: May 12, 1850 (aged 38)

Bio: Frances Sargent Osgood was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time. Nicknamed "Fanny", she was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe.

Known for:

A Wreath of Wild Flowers from New England (1838)
Poems, by Frances S. Osgood.
Poems (1846)

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