Poems of Sidney Lanier [Paperback]

Sidney Lanier (Author), Mary Day Lanier (Editor), John Hollander (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 1999

The poems of Sidney Lanier continue to find an admiring audience more than a century after his death. Though his poetry evokes both the landscape and the romantic spirit of the Old South, his concerns for the natural world, spirituality, and the character of society offer universal appeal. This anthology includes Lanier's best-known and most celebrated works--"Sunrise," "The Song of the Chattahoochee," "A Song of Love," and "The Marshes of Glynn." These and the other poems presented in the collection reveal Lanier's interest in the welfare and preservation of nature and society and his opposition to southern industrialization. The memorial by William Hayes Ward and the afterword by John Hollander illumine Lanier's ideas for a new generation, offering glimpses into Lanier's life and introducing us to the soldier, lawyer, teacher, lecturer, talented musician, and amazingly gifted writer who captured the South's landscape and character through unforgettable poetry.

Editorial Reviews

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The Pine Tree
Spring Greeting
The Power Of Prayer; Or, The First Steamboat Up The Alabama
Acknowledgement
At First; To Charlotte Cushman
Baby Charley
A Ballad Of Trees And The Master
Barnacles
The Bee
A Birthday Song
Centennial Meditation Of Columbia
Clover
Control
Corn
The Crystal
A Dedication; To Charlotte Cushman
The Dove
The Dying Words Of Stonewall Jackson
Evening Song
A Florida Ghost
A Florida Sunday
From The Flats
The Golden Wedding Of Sterling And Sarah Lanier
The Hard Times In Elfland; A Story Of Christmas Eve
The Harlequin Of Dreams
Hymns Of The Marshes: Individuality
Hymns Of The Marshes: Marsh Song - At Sunset
Hymns Of The Marshes: Sunrise
Hymns Of The Marshes: The Marshes Of Glynn
In Absence
In The Foam
Ireland; Written For The Art Autograph During Irish Famine
The Jacquerie - A Fragment (chapters 1-5)
The Jacquerie: Song
The Jacquerie: Song. Betrayal
The Jacquerie: Song. The Hound
Jones's Private Argyment
June Dreams, In January
Laus Mariae
Marsh Hymns; Between Dawn And Sunrise
Martha Washington
The Mocking Bird
My Springs
Night
Night And Day
Nilsson
Nine From Eight
Nirvana
Ode To The Johns Hopkins University
On A Palmetto
On Huntingdon's 'miranda'
On Violet's Wafers, Sent Me When I Was Ill
Opposition
Owl Against Robin
Psalm Of The West
The Raven Days
Resurrection
The Revenge Of Hamish
Rose-mortals: 1. Red
Rose-mortals: 2. White
A Sea-shore Grave
A Song Of Eternity In Time
Song Of The Chattahoochee
A Song Of The Future
Souls And Rain-drops
Special Pleading
The Stirrup-cup
Strange Jokes
Street Cries: 6. To Richard Wagner
Street-cries: 1. Remonstrance
Street-cries: 2. The Ship Of Earth
Street-cries: 3. How Love Looked For Hell
Street-cries: 4. Tyranny
Street-cries: 5. Life And Song
Street-cries: 7. A Song Of Love
Street-cries: Introduction
Struggle
A Sunrise Song
The Symphony
Tampa Robins
Thar's More In The Man Than Thar Is In The Land
Thou And I
To - .
To -, With A Rose
To Bayard Taylor
To Beethoven
To Charlotte Cushman
To Dr. Thomas Shearer; Presenting Portrait-bust Of Author
To J. D. H. (killed At Surrey C. H., October, 1866)
To My Class: On Certain Fruits And Flowers Sent ... Sickness
To Nannette Falk-auerbach
To Our Mocking-bird; Died Of A Cat, May, 1878
To Wilhelmina
The Tournament
Uncle Jim's Baptist Revival Hymn
Under The Cedarcroft Chestnut
The Waving Of The Corn
The Wedding
Wedding-hymn
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Sidney Lanier (1842-1881) was born in Macon, Georgia. After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he held a variety of jobs and traveled widely throughout the northern and southern states. In addition to earning success as a poet, Lanier received praise as a professional flutist with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore before he died of tuberculosis in 1881.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press; University of Georgia Press Paperback Ed edition (September 2, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820321559
• ISBN-13: 978-0820321554
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,180,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars An 19th Century Materpiece!, March 27, 2000

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Sidney Lanier was perhaps the greatest poet produced by the South during the the 19th Century. His descriptions of the nature and the Georgian Marshes of Glen, as in "the slant yellow beam of the sun doth seem like a lane from Heaven that leads to a dream..." and "belief overmasters doubt and I know that I know..." are words that feed the soul with the timeless nector of wisdom and humanity. I treasure this book and any student of the American South and/or of American Poetry will find Mr. Lanier's style of alliteration and assonance, together with his wonderful imagery to be a feast for the soul in solitude.