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to print some of Osgood's poems, including some flirtatious ones: "The
Rivulet's Dream" (1845), "So Let It Be. To--" (1845), "Love's Reply" (1845), "Spring" (1845), "Slander" (1845), "Echo-Song" (1845), "To--" (1845), "A Shipwreck" (1845) and "To 'The Lady Geraldine" (1845). Poe responded with
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to Joseph Locke, a wealthy merchant, and his second wife, Mary
Ingersoll Foster. Her father's first wife, Martha Ingersoll, was the sister of Mary, his second wife. Mary was also the widow of Benjamin Foster, by whom she had two children: William Vincent Foster and
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Griswold once said that she created poems "with almost the fluency of conversation". Poe, in a review of her work, wrote that she was "absolutely without rival, we think, either in our own country or in
England". He reviewed her poetry collection
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was looking for someone who would take care of Poe. Osgood's husband, Samuel, also did not object, apparently used to his wife's impetuous behavior; he himself had a reputation as a
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widely popular literary magazines of the time. She sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms "Kate Carol" or "Violet Vane". Her book,
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