Cumberland County ME Archives Biographies.....Curtis, Prudence E. R.
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The Poets of Maine:  Prudence E. R. Curtis

The Poets of Maine
A Collection of Specimen Poems From Over Four Hundred Verse-Makers of the Pine 
Tree State
With Biographical Sketches
Compiled by George Bancroft Griffith
Portland, Maine
Elwell, Pickard & Company
Transcript Job Print
Edward Small Binder
Copyright by Elwell, Pickard & Co
1888.
page 476


Prudence E. R. Curtis

Mrs. Prudence E. R. Curtis, a daughter of John and Esther
(Rowe) Gooch, was born at Yarmouth, April 20, 1831.  Her
father was son of John Gooch, an owner in the mills then
located on Gooch Falls, in Royal River.  Here father's
brothers were J. M. Gooch, William B. Gooch, M. D., Rev. James
Gooch, and Samuel Gooch, LL.D.  At an early age Miss Gooch
developed a marked poetic talent, and a noble Christian
character which she still sustains.  Nov. 8, 1858, she was
married to Chessman Curtis, of Leeds.

HOPE.
An Extract.

Hope shines forever pure and bright,
It never fades away;
It is a ray of heavenly light
Unyielding to decay.

'T is hope that bears our spirits up
When falling in despair;
Nor sinks the heart, with this its prop,
Thought hard may be our fare.

It rears our castles to the skies,
With faith increases grace,
And with it we may some day rise
To find in heaven a place.

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