Most of the poems refer to places and natural features that were familiar to the poet (her pen name Diana P Reeve). Many are grounded in the countryside of eastern Pennsylvania that Diana Reeve loved, while others are inspired by locations such as the shores of Massachusetts and Maine, the Swiss Alps, and English cathedrals. Some poems invoke classical myths, medieval epics, the early Christian saints, or fragments of history, but all are imbued with an awe of nature and God.