Samuel Ellsworth Kiser

Known mostly for his poetry and contributions to Harper’s Magazine, not much else is known about Mr. Kiser. He had written a number of books and had an active and romanticized style to his writing. His light sense of verse in stories like this one made it as easy for a youth as an adult to read it.

In Love Sonnets of an Office Boy, the age old story of unrequited love for an older woman by a young boy plays out in his reality and imagination. In the end he knows his world will be great and she will be sorry for not taking hold of him when she had the chance.