Thaxter, Celia [Laighton] : 1836-1894

Celia Laighton Thaxter (1836-1894)
American poet and juvenile writer, was born at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  She spent much of her girlhood and later life on the Isles of Shoals.

In 1851, she married Levi Lincoln Thaxter.  Her poetry is reflective of her quiet life and the gentler aspects of nature.  Her works include Among the Isles of Shoals, Idylls and Pastorals, and Stories and Poems for Children.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Pages 1986

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