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Sarah S. Mower
A 19th-century American poet from northern New England, she wrote with warmth about nature, faith, and endurance. Her best-known work, The Snow-Drop, grew out of years of illness and isolation, giving her poems a quiet resilience.
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The Snow-Drop A Holiday Gift
by Sarah S. Mower
About the author
Sarah S. Mower was an American poet associated with northern New England. The clearest available accounts describe her as someone whose health was badly affected from early childhood, leaving her confined to home for long periods.
That experience shaped the small body of work still linked to her today. Her best-known book, The Snow-Drop: A Holiday Gift, was published in the mid-19th century and presents poems touched by rural scenery, religious feeling, and reflections on hardship.
Even with only a few surviving biographical details, her writing stands out for its gentle voice and sense of perseverance. Readers coming to her now will find a poet who turned illness, solitude, and the natural world around her into calm, heartfelt verse.