A Roadside Harp: A Book of Verses

Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920) was an American poet and essayist born in Boston, Massachusetts to an Irish-Catholic immigrant father and an American mother. Guiney's literary style is marked by her erudition, catholicity of taste, and a spirited romanticism, often drawing upon the Elizabethan era for inspiration and favoring traditional verse forms over then-emerging free verse. Perhaps best kno...