Louise Imogen Guiney Poems

Louise Imogen Guiney was an American poet and essayist. She also worked as an editor, postmistress, and in the cataloging department of the Boston Public Library. Her works include Lovers’ Saint Ruth’s and Three Other Tales, a collection of short stories published in 1895 and Nine Sonnets Written at Oxford which was published the same year. She also wrote Blessed Edmund Campion and The Martyrs’ Idyl and Shorter Poems.

In the Reading-Room of the British Museum

by Louise Imogen Guiney

‘In the Reading-Room of the British Museum’ describes the strength that humankind is able to absorb from the reading of historical books.

Reserve

by Louise Imogen Guiney

‘Reserve’ by Louise Imogen Guiney tells of a man’s love for a listener to whom he has done some irreconcilable wrong.

The Light of the House

by Louise Imogen Guiney

‘The Light of the House’ by Louise Imogen Guiney describes the overwhelmingly positive memory that a dead man has on the day to day functions of a home.

Louise Imogen Guiney Poems

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