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Walter Seymour Percy
b. 1867
A Canadian-born minister and poet, he wrote warm, reflective verse shaped by family life, faith, and the natural world. His best-known collection, Muse and Mint, gathers poems that move from fireside scenes to humor, memory, and devotion.
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Muse and Mint
by Walter Seymour Percy
About the author
Walter Seymour Percy was born in Ontario, Canada, on August 28, 1867. Available sources describe him as an educator and minister who later served churches in New England and Pennsylvania, and he was also active in speaking for the temperance movement.
He is best remembered for Muse and Mint, a 1914 collection of poems. The book brings together pieces on nature, home life, sentiment, memory, philosophy, humor, and sacred themes, and some descriptions note that many of the poems were written for his children.
Percy died in 1935 in East Smithfield, Pennsylvania. Though not widely known today, his writing offers a gentle, personal kind of poetry that feels close to everyday life and the moral concerns of his time.