On Penobscot Bay
“Nautilus Island’s hermit
heiress still lives through winter in her Spartan cottage;
her sheep still graze above the sea.
Her son’s a bishop. Her farmer
is first selectman in our village,
she’s in her dotage.’’
— From “Skunk Hour,’’ by Robert Lowell (1917-1977). Nautilus Island, part of Brooksville, Maine, is a private estate in Penobscot Sound.
