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Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass

b. 1842

A late 19th- and early 20th-century American poet, remembered for devotional and nature-centered verse. Her surviving work invites readers into a gentle world of faith, reflection, and the quiet beauty of the natural landscape.

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The Mountain Spring, and Other Poems

The Mountain Spring, and Other Poems

by Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass

About the author

Born in 1842, Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass was an American poet whose work survives mainly through her 1913 collection The Mountain Spring, and Other Poems. She is also listed in public-domain catalogs such as Project Gutenberg and LibriVox, which has helped keep her writing accessible to modern readers.

Her poetry leans toward spiritual reflection and scenes from nature, often blending religious feeling with calm, descriptive imagery. The Mountain Spring, and Other Poems suggests a writer interested less in literary fashion than in offering comfort, meditation, and a sense of wonder.

Biographical details about her life are limited in the sources readily available online. A cemetery record identifies her as born in 1842 and dying in 1930 in Winchester, Virginia, but beyond that, the clearest picture comes from the poems themselves and the small body of work that remains in circulation.