Nora Perry

Nora Perry was an American poet, newspaper correspondent, and author of books for children, born on January 3, 1831, in Dudley, Massachusetts. She contributed to publications such as Harper's Bazaar, Youth's Companion, and Atlantic Monthly. Perry's works often captured the essence of New England life and were popular in the 19th century. She passed away on May 13, 1896, in Dudley, where she spent a significant part of her life.

January 3, 1831

May 13, 1896

English

Nora Perry

Love-Knot, The

Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied her raven ringlets in;
But, not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
For, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied a young man's heart within.

They were strolling together up the hill,
Where the wind comes blowing merry and chill;
And it blew the curls, a frolicsome race,
All over the happy peach-coloured face,
Till, scolding and laughing, she tied them in,
Under her beautiful dimpled chin.

And it blew a colour bright as the bloom
Of the pinkest fuchsia's tossing plume,
All over the cheeks of the prettiest girl
That ever imprisoned a romping curl,
Or, in tying her bonnet under her chin,
Tied a young man's heart within.

Steeper and steeper grew the hill,
Mad...

Nora Perry