Stuart Merrill (1863-1915) was a American poet, born in Hampstead, New York, who wrote in the French language. He belonged to the Symbolist school.
Educated in Paris, he became a student of Old French texts and was a great admirer of Algernon Charles Swinburne. His principal books of poetry were Les Gammes (1887). Les Fastes (1891), and Petits Poèmes d'Automne (1895).