Grace Fallow Norton

Grace Fallow Norton (1876-1926), What is your Legion?. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. Courtesy Internet Archive.

Grace Fallow Norton (October 29, 1876 - 1926) was an American poet.

Life

Norton was born in Northfield, Minnesota.

She had a number of works published in Harper's Magazine between 1906 and 1922.

Recognition

The Literary Encyclopedia says of Norton: "Her work has long been neglected, although she is now becoming more widely known for the series of poems which she wrote at the opening of the First World War, and which appear in her collection Roads (1916).

Publications

Poetry

• Little Gray Songs from St. Joseph's. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1912.
• The Sister of the Wind, and other poems. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1914.
• Roads. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916.
• What is your Legion?. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916.

Short fiction

• The Miller's Youngest Daughter (unfinished story). Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1924.

Non-fiction

• The German Revolution. New York: 1919.

Translated

• Maurice Larrouy, The Odyssey of a Torpedoed Transport. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1918.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.

Poems

• Grace Fallow Norton, “The Arbiter,” Mother Earth 3, no. 8 (October, 1908): 305. (poem)
• Grace Fallow Norton, “Avatars of a Rebel,” Mother Earth 8, no. 9 (November, 1913): 258. (poem)
• Grace Fallow Norton, “Of Prisoners,” Mother Earth 8, no. 10 (December, 1913): 291. (poem)
• Grace Fallow Norton, “Exploitation,” Mother Earth 3, no. 9 (November, 1908): 337. (poem)
• Grace Fallow Norton, “Remonstrance,” Mother Earth 3?, no. ? (): ??.
• Grace Fallow Norton, “Trade,” Mother Earth 3, no. 4 (June, 1908): 177.
• Grace Fallow Norton, “What Shall Repay for Waste of Life?,” Mother Earth 3, no. 5 (July, 1908): 209.

Courtesy Libertarian Labyrinth

Love is a Terrible Thing by Grace Fallow Norton

Poems by Grace Fallow Norton

1. Prisoners

See also

• List of U.S. poets

External links

Poems

• "Love is a Terrible Thing"
• Grace Fallow Norton in A Treasury of War Poetry: "The Mobilization in Brittany," "The Journey"
• Grace Fallow Norton in The New Poetry: An anthology: "Allegra Agonistes." "Make No Vows," "I Give Thanks"
• Grace Fallow Norton at About.com (2 poems: "Love is a Terrible Thing," "This is My Love for You")
• Grace Fallow Norton at PoemHunter (7 poems)
• Norton in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922: "Heart's Holiday," "Iolé," "O Hush, My Heart!" "Allegra Aginistes," "Fly On!" "Make No Vows," "Hark to the Wind of the World," "If My Mother Knew," "I Give Thanks," "The Burned House," "Or Did You Love Death?," "I Shall Remember," "Shy Perfect Flower"
• Grace Fallow Norton at Poetry Nook (67 poems)

Audio / video

• "The Mirthful Heart" set to music (audio)

Books

• Grace Fallow Norton at Amazon.com