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Southern Poems Southern Poems ed. by Charles William Kent Southern Poems Table of Contents Southern Poems.........................................................................................................................................................1 ed. by Charles William Kent..........................................................................................................................2 PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................4 BACON'S EPITAPH. UNKNOWN..............................................................................................................5 RESIGNATION: OR, DAYS OF MY YOUTH. ST. GEORGE TUCKER..................................................6 THE STAR−SPANGLED BANNER. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY..................................................................7 MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE. RICHARD HENRY WILDE..................................................8 I SIGH FOR THE LAND OF THE CYPRESS AND PINE. SAMUEL HENRY DICKSON......................9 A HEALTH. EDWARD COOTE PINKNEY.............................................................................................10 THE SWAMP FOX. WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS................................................................................11 ISRAFEL. EDGAR ALLAN POE...............................................................................................................13 ANNABEL LEE. EDGAR ALLAN POE...................................................................................................15 THE RAVEN. EDGAR ALLAN POE........................................................................................................17 ODE TO THE MOCKING−BIRD. ALBERT PIKE...................................................................................20 LAND OF THE SOUTH. ALEXANDER BEAUFORT MEEK................................................................22 I....................................................................................................................................................................23 II...................................................................................................................................................................24 III..................................................................................................................................................................25 IV.................................................................................................................................................................26 V...................................................................................................................................................................27 VI.................................................................................................................................................................28 FLORENCE VANE. PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE...............................................................................29 THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD. THEODORE O'HARA........................................................................31 THE LONG AGO . PHILO HENDERSON................................................................................................34 LITTLE GIFFEN . FRANCIS ORRAY TICKNOR...................................................................................35 MUSIC IN CAMP. JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON...................................................................................37 CARCASSONNE . JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON...................................................................................40 THE WINDOW−PANES AT BRANDON . JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON............................................42 BEFORE DEATH . MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON............................................................................44 THE SHADE OF THE TREES. MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON.........................................................45 GONE FORWARD. MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON...........................................................................46 WASHINGTON—PATER PATRIÆ . JAMES BARRON HOPE.............................................................47 OUR ANGLO−SAXON TONGUE. JAMES BARRON HOPE.................................................................49 A COMMON THOUGHT . HENRY TIMROD.........................................................................................50 ODE. HENRY TIMROD.............................................................................................................................51 THE COTTON BOLL. HENRY TIMROD.................................................................................................52 MY STUDY . PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE..............................................................................................56 THE PINE'S MYSTERY. PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE...........................................................................57 THE WILL AND THE WING. PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE...................................................................58 A DREAM OF THE SOUTH WINDS. PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE......................................................59 IN HARBOR . PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE.............................................................................................60 MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND . JAMES RYDER RANDALL............................................................61 THE CONQUERED BANNER . ABRAM J. RYAN.................................................................................63 THE SWORD OF LEE. ABRAM J. RYAN...............................................................................................65 A LAND WITHOUT RUINS. ABRAM J. RYAN.....................................................................................66 BETTER THAN GOLD. ABRAM J. RYAN..............................................................................................67 ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TO−NIGHT................................................................................68 THE MONEYLESS MAN. HENRY THROOP STANTON......................................................................70 i Southern Poems Table of Contents Southern Poems SOMEBODY'S DARLING . MARIE LA COSTE.....................................................................................72 BALLAD OF TREES AND THE MASTER . SIDNEY LANIER.............................................................74 THE MOCKINGBIRD. SIDNEY LANIER................................................................................................75 POE'S COTTAGE AT FORDHAM. JOHN HENRY BONER...................................................................76 COUNSEL . MOLLIE E. MOORE DAVIS................................................................................................78 NECTAR AND AMBROSIA . MAURICE THOMPSON.........................................................................79 THE BLUEBIRD . MAURICE THOMPSON............................................................................................80 REGRET . FRANCES CHRISTINE TIERNAN.........................................................................................82 INTIMATIONS . JOHN BANISTER TABB..............................................................................................84 KEATS. JOHN BANISTER TABB............................................................................................................85 KILLDEE. JOHN BANISTER TABB........................................................................................................86 A TRYSTING−PLACE . JOHN BANISTER TABB..................................................................................87 THE WIND−STORM . MARGUERITE E. EASTER................................................................................88 MAPLE LEAVES. MARGUERITE E. EASTER.......................................................................................89 THE GRAPEVINE SWING . SAMUEL MINTURN PECK......................................................................90 VERNAL PROPHECIES . WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE..................................................................92 A SEA LYRIC. WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE....................................................................................93 TO MY COMRADE TREE . DANSKE DANDRIDGE.............................................................................94 THE WHIPPOORWILL . MADISON CAWEIN.......................................................................................96 EVENING ON THE FARM. MADISON CAWEIN..................................................................................97 OPPORTUNITY . WALTER MALONE....................................................................................................99 FLORIDA NOCTURNE. WALTER MALONE.......................................................................................100 THE VULTURE AND HIS SHADOW . HARRY STILLWELL EDWARDS........................................102 DREAMING IN THE TRENCHES . WILLIAM GORDON McCABE...................................................103 THE LAND WHERE WE WERE DREAMING . DANIEL BEDINGER LUCAS.................................104 THE MAGNOLIA . MARY McNEIL FENOLLOSA..............................................................................107 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES........................................................................................................................108 ii Southern Poems Southern Poems 1 Southern Poems ed. by Charles William Kent This page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com
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