Author:Frances Sargent Osgood

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Frances Sargent Osgood (1811–1850)

See biography, media, indexes. An American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time. Nicknamed "Fanny," she was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe. She sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms "Kate Carol" and "Violet Vane".

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Poetry 1.2 Books 2 Works addressed to Osgood 2.1 By Poe 3 Works about Osgood

[edit] Works

[edit] Poetry

• Poetry, published 1826 in a bimonthly periodical of children's poetry called Juvenile Miscellany by editor Lydia Maria Child.
• A Wreath of Flowers from New England (1838)
  • "To My Book"
  • Elfrida, a dramatic poem in five acts
• The Casket of Fate
• "So Let It Be" (1845)
• "Echo-Song" (1845)
• "Forgive and Forget"
• "Little Red Riding-Hood" (1850)
• "Old Friends" (1850)
• "A Shipwreck" (1845)
• "A Song"
• "A Song"
• "To S. S. Osgood" (1850)
• "Why Will A Rose-Bud Blow?"

[edit] Books

• The Poetry of Flowers and the Flowers of Poetry (1841)
• The Snowdrop
• A New Year Gift for Children (1842)
• Rose, Sketches in Verse (1842)
• Puss in Boots (1842)
• The Marquis of Carabas (1844)
• Cries in New York (1846)
• Poems (1850)

[edit] Works addressed to Osgood

[edit] By Poe

• "To ——" (1833)
• "Impromptu. To Kate Carol" (1845)
• "To F——s S. O——d" (renamed in 1845)
• "To F——" (1845)
• "Stanzas" (1845)
• "A Valentine" (1846)

[edit] Works about Osgood

• "Frances S. Osgood", by Poe in September 1846 in a series The Literati of New York
• "Frances S. Osgood", by John Seely Hart from The Female Prose Writers of America: With Portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of their Writings (1866)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.