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Dorothea Auguste Gunhilde Schrage
A poet of home, feeling, and everyday beauty, this early 20th-century writer left behind a small but heartfelt collection of ballads and poems. Her work has a warm, personal tone that lingers on family, nature, and quiet reflection.
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Petunia blossoms: Ballads and poems
by Dorothea Auguste Gunhilde Schrage
About the author
Born in Bergen, Norway, in 1858, Dorothea Auguste Gunhilde Schrage later made her life in the United States. Records available through LibriVox and memorial sources identify her as Dorothea A.G. Eichler Schrage, the wife of architect William F. Schrage, and note that she died in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1939.
She is known for Petunia Blossoms: Ballads and Poems, a collection published in 1921. The poems center on love, home life, nature, memory, and simple moments of feeling, giving her writing an intimate and approachable character.
Though not widely known today, her work has remained accessible through public-domain archives and audiobook projects. That continued availability gives modern listeners a chance to discover a poet whose voice is gentle, sincere, and closely tied to the rhythms of ordinary life.