``I have not seen the minister's eyes,
And cannot describe his glance divine,
For when he prays he shuts them up
And when he preaches he shuts mine.''


She was born in 1833 in Shawangunk, New
York, and came to Kansas City in 1859, living
in Missouri some years but most of the time
in Kansas City, Kansas.

In 1892, she published a limited edition of
poems, ``The Shanar Dancing Girl and Other
Poems.'' dedicated to Mrs. Bertha M. Honore
Palmer, her ideal of the perfect type of
gracious and lovely womanhood. ``The Shanar
Dancing Girl'' was first written for the Friends
in Council, a literary club of Kansas City, Mo.
It has received the encomiums of Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, John J. Ingalls and others for
its beauty of expression and dramatic qualities.
``Invocation,'' an April idyl; ``The Sea-shell;''
and ``Mountain Born'' sing of the love of nature.
``In the Conservatory;'' ``My Summer Heart;''
and ``Tired of the Storm'' hint of sorrow and
unrest and longing. Then in 1886, ``Compensation''
was written. ``Irma's Love For The
King'' is a favorite; also, `` `Sold'--A Picture,''
written for her daughter, ``yes, but she never
came.