- Amelia Josephine Burr
Amelia Josephine Burr (
19 November 1878 -15 June 1968 ) was an Americanpoet . Born inNew York City , she was educated at and graduated fromHunter College (New York). She worked for theRed Cross in 1917-18. She married Reverend Carl H. Elmore ofEnglewood, New Jersey .She was described as a "popular lyricist, whose work yet flashes with genuine poetic feeling" and was reputed to have traveled widely. A contemporary source commented, "Her adventures in the
Orient have colored her work, and with energy and charm she succeeded in getting to know much concerning the natives and their customs wherever she went. Much of her verse must, of course, be classed asballad ry, and it is as a balladist that she has gained a wide audience, but, especially in her later work, there is much more than graceful appeal."Poetical works
* "A Roadside Fire," 1913
* "Afterglow," a poem 1913
* "In Deep Places," 1914
* "Life and Living" 1916
* "The Silver Trumpet" 1918
* "Hearts Awake: The Pixy, A play," 1919:The above two volumes relate chiefly toWorld War I
* "A child garden in India, for very little people: Verses" 1922
* "Little houses: A book of poems" 1923
* "Selected lyrics" 1927Novels
* "A dealer in empire; A romance" 1915
* "The Three Fires: A Story of Ceylon" 1922References
* "The Bookman Anthology of Verse" (1922)
*cite book | last=Bleiler | first=Everett | authorlink=Everett F. Bleiler | title=The Checklist of Fantastic Literature | location=Chicago | publisher=Shasta Publishers | pages=32 | date=1948External links
* [http://www.gcsk12.net/speech_meet/speech_docs/05-06%20speech%20docs/ElS05_Grade2Poetry.pdf Poem: Rain In The Night]
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