Alcott wrote her first piece, a poem, in 1851, but she did not achieve fame until the 1860s. Here are some of her most popular poems, which were released following the popularity of Little Women. The first line is followed by the last word of each verse. Louisa May Alcott's Poems I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, A little stream with water clear as glass, And white and yellow stones by its side; But no sound there is to hear nor sight to see, Unless it be my own voice which I must try. I love a valley green and silent too, A hillside thickly covered with flowering thorn, The breeze through the pine trees loud and long, The sun shining bright on everything. O, I could sit and watch my heart grow strong, It feels so good to me alone like this!