Poet and translator Agnes Lee was born Martha Agnes Rand in Chicago and used various pen names throughout her writing career. Her father was William H. Rand, of map publishers Rand, McNally & Co. n addition to her debut collection, The Legend of a Thought (1889, published under the name Martha Agnes Rand), her books of poetry include The Border of the Lake (1910), The Sharing (1914), Faces and Open Doors (1922), and New Lyrics and a Few Old Ones (1931).