The Poets of Maine:  Prudence E. R. Curtis


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Transcribed and submitted by Tina Vickery TVick65536@aol.com
12:29 09/24/1999
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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.