Just before her marriage, likely mid-1907, Libby Lawrence published this piece on the island – and the community – off the Maine coast that she had known so well during her childhood.
Yes, this was, in one sense, the same timeless H&G fare. But scattered amongst the references to society bigwigs and grandes dames, and their Ozymandias-like desire to leave behind at least a trace, there are little pieces of poetry.
Taken together, they actually reveal something… not so much about Islesboro, rather, about the heart of the author.
An excerpt:
“At night the water is here very smooth and still, like a black mirror studded with diamonds; for the stars are clearly reflected in its glassy surface, and around it the fir trees rise in a thick wall as if to protect their jewels.” –p.21
Have a read…
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From House & Garden, vol.11-12, (1907)…
For a copy, try here.
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Kinsmen and Kinswomen 