Sometime in 1792, their only son, WILLIAM, wasīorn on a Plantation not far from Charleston. Was, it seems, a widower, when Miss GRAHAM came toĬarolina. TIMROD hadīeen for a considerable time a resident in this country, and Lady of the north of Ireland, though of Scotch descent, and

Had married Miss GRAHAM, a gifted and highly educated Whose father (HENRY TIMROD), a native of Germany, HENRY TIMROD was born in Charleston, S.C., on the 8th Light upon the character of his verses, and the development Which, though comparatively brief, and to an exceptionalĭegree uneventful, is still of interest, as throwing much Meanwhile, I purpose to give a sketch of TIMROD'S life, Is necessary, doubtless, for its success. They may win for it a candid examination, all that The present volume, so far as the Northern public is concerned. These facts may prove, in some sort, an introduction to Poet the South had yet produced - a verdict fully sustainedīy some other (Northern) writers of high position, to whose STODDARD has referred to TIMROD, as in his opinion the ablest Poems of TIMROD he had seen, while expressing a regretįrequently, in his critical essays, RICHARD HENRY Quaker poet, WHITTIER, in which he warmly commends the

Hymn, Sung at the Consecration of Magnolia Cemetery.

Hymn, Sung at an Anniversary of an Orphan Asylum.

Stanzas, Written in Illustration of a Tableau Vivant.

Ode, Sung at the Decoration of Graves of Confederate Dead.

A Rhapsody of a Southern Winter Night.

Address at the Opening of Richmond Theatre.

Their names must always be associated in the memory of gentle and The life-long affection between the Poet and herself was of the mostĪnd beautiful description. * This sister died soon after the 'Dedication' was penned. PRINTERS, ELECTROTYPERS AND STEREOTYPERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Revised TEIHeader and created catalog record for theįinished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing.ĮDITED, WITH A SKETCH OF THE POET'S LIFE,Įntered according to act of Congress in the year 1872, by

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Poetry.

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Mount and blade poems