Rose Hartwick Thorpe  Rose Hartwick Thorpe (July 18, 1850 – July 19, 1939) was an American poet and writer, remembered largely for the narrative poem, "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight" (1867), which gained national popularity. It was translated into nearly every language of the world, and was universally recognized as a veritable classic. Other poems followed, among them being "The Station Agent's Story," "Red Cross," and "In a Mining Town." Although a busy and prolific author, she was ill for some years. In 1888, she and her family removed to San Diego, California, living in Rosemere, Pacific Beach. Rose Alnora Hartwick was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, July 18, 1850. She was the daughter of William Morris and Mary Louisa (Wight) Hartwick. Her father's family were artists. In 1861, her parents removed to Hillsdale County, where she grew up, attended school, and began writing at an early age. She completed her education at the high school of Litchfield, Michigan, in 1868. She began her literary career while still a school-girl in Litchfield by the publication of the ballad, "Curfew Must Not Ring To night" in the Detroit "Commercial Advertiser", which immediately obtained enthusiastic recognition throughout the country. The prose sketch was based on a legendary incident of the time of Oliver Cromwell, in April 1867. It was her first publication. In 1871, she married Edmund Carson Thorpe, a writer of German dialect recitations. For a number of years, she contributed regularly to leading magazines and weeklies popular short stories and poems. Her best known shorter poems are "The Station Agent's Story" and "Remember the Alamo." Others include "In a Mining Town" and "Red Cross". During 1881–82, she edited several publications for Fleming H. Revell, of Chicago. She was particularly successful with her stories for young people. Her published books are: "Fred's Dark Days" (1881); "The Yule Log" (1881); "The Fenton Family" (1884); "Nina Bruce; or, A Girl's Influence" (1886); "Temperance Poems" (1886); "The Chester Girls" (1887); "Ringing Ballads" (1887); "The Year's Best Days" (1888); and "Sweet Song Stories" (1898). "The Year's Best Days, for Boys and Girls" was a collection of stories in prose and in verse, for young people.