Frances Lewis Brackett Damon
Frances Lewis Brackett Damon (later, Fanny B. Damon or Fannie Brackett Damon; pen name, Percy Larkin; May 21, 1857 – 1939) was an American poet. It was said the she wrote verse nearly every week since 1880, though she destroyed many of her poems. There is a peculiarity about her verse-form in the cases of two of her best poems: matching first lines. She was also an essayist, and an editor of literary magazines, which had national renown. Using the pseudonym of “Percy Larkin", she wrote many short stories for young persons, and some reform correspondence. She was the author of a novel, "Idlewise", a novelette, "A Daughter of Pharaoh", and a long poem, “The Wind-Flower".
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