1856–1935

Introduction

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Born: Jan­ua­ry 9, 1856, Wa­ver­ly, Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 17, 1935, Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land.

Buried: St. John’s Epis­co­pal Church, Belts­ville, Ma­ry­land.

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Biography

Reese taught school 1873–1918, and rose to li­ter­ary pro­mi­nence in the 1920’s.

Works

Poem

A Good Deed

A good deed knows nor age nor winding-sheet;
The centuries find and leave it quick and sweet;
Even the miser is rememberèd
By that one time he gave the beggar bread.

Lizette Woodworth Reese
A Handful of Lavender, 1891

Sources

Lyrics