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Mrs. Almira Louisa Corey Frink
A little-known American poet remembered for gentle, old-fashioned verse about babies, home life, and faith. Her surviving work has a tender, singable quality that feels close to the nursery rhyme tradition.
1 Audiobook
Baby-Land
by Mrs. Almira Louisa Corey Frink
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author is easy to confirm online, but she is credited in major public-domain and library catalogs as Mrs. Almira Louisa Corey Frink. She is best known for Baby-Land, a collection associated with poems and lullabies centered on infancy, motherhood, and early childhood.
Catalog records also connect her name with other late-19th-century material, including Beautiful Mollie, the Republican's Song of the Tariff and "He is risen." The coming glory, suggesting a writer whose work ranged from domestic verse to topical and religious pieces. What stands out most in the surviving record is the warm, sentimental tone of her writing and its closeness to songs and recitation verse popular in that era.
Because reliable personal details are scarce, her books remain the clearest introduction to her voice. For listeners who enjoy vintage poetry with a soft, affectionate mood, her work offers a small but distinctive glimpse into the literary culture of its time.