sentences:  Subsequent books followed in 1891 and 1896, "A Handful of Lavender" and "A Quiet Road", respectively.During the late 1890s and early 1900s, Reese wrote infrequently.However, her sonnet "Tears," published in Scribner's Magazine in 1899, garnered her praise and recognition, particularly from fellow Baltimore writer H. L. Mencken, who stated that Reese's work was “one of the imperishable glories of American literature."