 H.D. was born into the Moravian community in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania . Her father , Charles Doolittle , was professor of astronomy at Lehigh University and her mother , Helen ( Wolle ) , was a Moravian with a strong interest in music . In 1896 , Charles Doolittle was appointed Flower Professor of Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania , and the family moved to a house in Upper Darby . She attended Philadelphia 's Friends ' Central High School , at Fifteenth and Race streets , graduating in 1905 . In 1901 , she met and befriended Ezra Pound , who was to play a major role both in her private life and her emergence as a writer . In 1905 , Pound presented her with a sheaf of love poems under the collective title Hilda 's Book . 
