Hannah Flagg Gould

Hannah Flagg Gould (September 3, 1789 – September 5 1865) was a poet, born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Flagg began writing poetry in her Thirties. Quotes Alone I walked on the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand; I stooped, and wrote upon the sand My name, the year, the day. As onward from the sport I passed, One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away. "A Name In the Sand" Wisdom, Power and Goodness meetIn the bounteous field of wheat. "The Wheatfield" Come out — pretty Rose-Bud, — my lone, timid one!Come forth from thy green leaves, and peep at the sun!For little he does, in these dull autumn hours,At height'ning of beauty, or laughing with flowers. "The Rose-Bud of Autumn" in The Youth's Coronal (published 1850). I am feeble, pale and weary, And my wings are nearly furled; I have caused a scene so dreary, I am glad to quit the world! With bitterness I'm thinking On the evil I have done, And to my caverns sinking From the coming of the sun. "The Dying Storm" in Poems (published 1835), p. 59. The Frost The Frost looked forth one still, clear night,And he said, "Now I shall be out of sight;So through the valley and over the heightIn silence I'll take my way." Cited by Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable External links Author:Hannah Flagg Gould "A Name In the Sand" poem Gould, Hannah Flagg, 1789-1865. Poems and correspondence: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library. Hannah Flagg Gould at Project Gutenberg Category:Women authors from the United States Category:1789 births Category:1865 deaths Category:Poets from Massachusetts Category:19th-century poets from the United States