Constance Fenimore Woolson:
(March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894).
American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.
The golden flower comes shining through the woods these February days. Forth go all hearts, all hands, from out the town.
