Postcard drawing of the New Milford Public Library, built in 1897-1898, as it appeared c. 1905.
“Rebellion shook an ancient dust,
and bones, bleached dry of rottenness,
Said: Heart, be bitter still, nor trust
The earth, the sky, in their bright dress.’’
— From “April Mortality,’’ by Leonie Adams (1899-1988). She spent her later years in New Milford, Conn.
