Ruby Archer (Ruby Archer Doud or Ruby Archer Gray) (born Kansas City, Missouri, January 28, 1873, died Los Angeles, California, January 23, 1961) was an American poet.
She was educated at Kansas City High School and by private tutors. She was married to Dr. Frank Newland Doud on March 27, 1910 and later to Benjamin Franklin Gray. She contributed poems, translations from French and German dramas and lyrics, and prose articles on Art, Architecture, Music, Biblical Literature, Philosophy, etc. to papers and magazines. Her books include:
- Little Poems... (1900)
- Thought Awakening
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“Thy great leaves enfold
The ancient beards, the helms of ruby and gold
Of the crowned Magi; and the king whose eyes
Saw the Pierced Hands and Rood of elder rise
In Druid vapour and make the torches dim....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.”
—Jeffrey Archer (b. 1940)