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Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). Published by the Author, Westchester County, NY 1949. Signed by Author Potts on blank page with Presentation notation, with her large photograph. First Edition. 1st Printing. 87 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo. George F. Sweetman Printer, White Plains, NY. Eva Mae Potts was born in a little white farmhouse in Cheverie, Hants County, Nova Scotia. Her earliest memories are centered around a rag doll, or swinging in the old rope swing beneath the cedar trees and looking up at the blue sky above while the ocean rolled in nearby. Or watching the sunsets where they seemed to dip into the ocean behind Cape Blomidon. It was there she saw a vision of God's great beauty in poetry and began to write at the early age of twelve. Through her young girlhood she wrote many poems, among her first being The White Farm House and The Old Wood-box which are published in this book. In 1915, when she was twenty she married John Mervyn Rose of Urbania, Nova Scotia. Together they went to live in Vancouver, British Columbia, where on June 30, 1916 (only six months after her marriage) Mr. Rose was killed in a logging accident. She then returned to her old home in Nova Scotia where on December 10, 1916 her son Mervyn Lawson was born. The next three years were not easy ones - they were filled with sorrow, suffering, and ill-health, but she continued with her writing and at that time wrote Why I Am a Widow which is also published in this book. In 1919 she came to the United States where after spending some time in Boston, he went to Florida. There she completely regained her health. A few year later in 1925 she married William H. Potts, a noted golf professional. It was then she brought her son Mervyn Lawson to the United States. She then had many happy years of married life until Mr. Potts passed away in 1943. Mrs. Potts and her son now reside in Westchester County, New York. Her love for poetry has deepened with the years - writing it from her own experiences, her sufferings, her blessings and her deep christian faith, expressing her convictions in her own way in verse. Contents: My Knowledge. Friendship The Light in Your Window. A Challenge. Sunshine. We See Christ. Faith Can Move Mountains. Struggle On to the End of the Road. Shine On Little Star. The Windows of Faith. Not the End. What I Live For. Trusting. Just Pray. Keep On Praying. A Morning Prayer. Mountain of Prayer. A Moment of Prayer. Make His Presence Real. Trust. The Flow of Kindness. Yesterday. When My Ship Comes Home. Lucy Ellen. Fred-Deb. A Birthday Wish to a Friend. Fairyland. Springtime. What Does Easter Mean to You? The Return of Kindness. Faith, Trust and Peace. You See, I Am Your Lord. The Rich Man's Dream. The Funeral of a Hat. The Road of Understanding. Christmas. Remembrance at Christmas. My Doctor and My Friend. Courage to Win. The Old Hearthstone. Mother. My Grandmother's Chair. The White Farmhouse. The Old Woodbox. The Hill-Top. Gone But Not Forgotten. The Old Home. Why I Am a Widow. The Changes of One Year. Once. Dreaming of Home. The Berkshires. The Maplewood Hotel. Mount Airy. My Travels. The Answer to My Prayer. Dreaming. The Halifax Disaster of 1917. The High Calling of God. Colors That Blend. Signed Poetry::1900-1974 5931.
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