'''Aline Murray Kilmer''' (1_August 1888 in Norfolk,_Virginia – 1_October 1941 in Stillwater,_New_Jersey), was an American Poet, children's book author, and Essayist, and the wife and widow of poet and journalist Joyce_Kilmer (1886-1918). ==Biography== Born Aline Murray on 1 August 1888 in Norfolk,_Virginia, she was the daughter of Ada_Foster_Murray, a poet, and Kenton C. Murray, (-1895) editor of the ''Norfolk Landmark'' (newspaper). Ada Foster Murray, remarried on 22 February 1900, in Metuchen, New Jersey to Henry_Mills_Alden, managing editor of ''Harper's_Magazine'', and Alden became Aline's step-father.Metuchen Recorder, 24 February 1900, accessed 19 August 2006. She was educated at the Rutgers College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) in New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey and the Vail-Deane_School in Elizabeth,_New_Jersey the latter institution from which she graduated in 1908.Biographical Notes from Rittenhouse, Jessie B. ''The Second Book of Modern Verse'' (1922) at http://www.bartleby.com, accessed 19 August 2006. Shortly after graduation, Aline married Alfred Joyce Kilmer on 9_June 1908, subsequent to his graduation from Columbia_University in New_York_City. The pair had five children: Kenton Sinclair Kilmer (1909-1995), Michael Barry Kilmer (1916-1927), Deborah Clanton Kilmer (1914-1999), Rose Kilburn Kilmer (1912-1917), and Christopher Kilmer (1917-1984).Kilmer Genealogy - Descendancy Chart Aline Kilmer died at her home, "Whitehall," in Stillwater,_New_Jersey, on 1_October 1941. ==Works== * ''Candles That Burn'' (New York: George H. Doran, 1919). (''poetry'') * ''Vigils'' (New York: George H. Doran, 1921). (''poetry'') * ''Hunting a Hair Shirt and Other Spiritual Adventures'' (New York: George H. Doran, 1923). (''essays'') ISBN 0836926978 * ''The Poor Kings Daughter and Other Verse'' (New York: George H. Doran, 1925). (''poetry'') * ''Emmy, Nicky and Greg'' (New York: George H. Doran, 1927). (''children's book'') * ''A Buttonwood Summer'' (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1929). (''children's book'') * ''Selected Poems'' (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1929). (''poetry'') ==Resources and external links== ===Notes and Citations=== ===Related links=== * Tribute page at ''Rising Dove'' (a site by his grand-daughter) * Sara Teasdale's Letters to Joyce and Aline Kilmer located in Special Collections of the University of Delaware Library. * Selected Poetry of Aline Murray Kilmer at the University of Toronto Kilmer, Aline Murray Kilmer, Aline Murray Kilmer, Aline Murray Kilmer, Aline Murray Kilmer, Aline Murray Kilmer, Aline Murray