Many educated men and women wrote poems to one another and to the newspapers to exchange ideas about religion, current events and personal feelings. Learning to write poetry was for many girls of the time like learning to play the piano or embroider. Mary Wilson Betts of Maysville was one of the girls who excelled at poetry. Though little known today, her verses were widely published in her time. Our loved ones may die, the poem says, but we may see them again.
Soldiers die for a country to be reborn.
Europe was fading into old age as the United States was experiencing the dreams of youth.