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Walter Seymour Percy

b. 1867

A Canadian-born minister and poet, he wrote warm, thoughtful verse shaped by family life, faith, and the natural world. His best-known collection, Muse and Mint, brings together poems that range from fireside reflections to humor and memory.

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Muse and Mint

Muse and Mint

by Walter Seymour Percy

About the author

Walter Seymour Percy was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1867 and later became a minister, educator, and poet. Sources connected with Muse and Mint describe him as a pastor who served churches in New England and Pennsylvania and as a speaker for the temperance movement.

His best-known book, Muse and Mint, was published in 1914. The collection gathers poems on nature, home life, sentiment, philosophy, humor, and sacred themes, and some descriptions note that many of the poems were written for his children.

Available records consistently identify him as living from 1867 to 1935. Clear, reliable portrait images were not readily confirmed from the sources I found, so no author photo is included.