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William Alexander Percy

Born

in Greenville, Mississippi, The United States

May 14, 1885

Died

January 21, 1942

Genre

Poetry, Biography, Memoir

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William Alexander Percy was a Mississippi Delta planter, lawyer, poet, man of letters, and gentleman from Greenville, Mississippi. He is best known for his autobiography, Lanterns on the Levee, a book revealing not only the man but also the region, the times in which he lived, and the culture that shaped him.

Though he considered himself primarily a poet, his autobiography is today considered his major work. Spanning the years of his life — from his birth on May 14, 1885, to the book's publication in 1941 — Lanterns on the Levee looks upon the drastic social changes of that period with a sense of foreboding, upholding agrarian sensibility and the values of kindness, moral integrity, and friendship instead of what Percy perceived as the prev ...more

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	Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son 3.98 avg rating — 533 ratings — published 1941 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The collected poems of William Alexander Percy 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1943 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sewanee 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In April Once really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1920 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sappho In Levkas And Other Poems (1915) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems of Arthur O'shaughnessy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Enzio's Kingdom and Other Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Epistle from Corinth (in Short Poetry Collection 126 ) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I have a need of silence and of stars.
Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed.
The silken sound of whirled infinity
Is lost in voices shouting to be heard…”
― William Alexander Percy

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“To the mind that could dream and shape our beaconed universe, what is injustice to us may be unfathomable tenderness, and our horror only loveliness misunderstood.”
― William Alexander Percy, Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son

tags: comfort, god, religion, spirituality

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“A little while and the living town, this tiny world of mine, will all be here, tucked under the same dark blanket, cosily together. Another little while and the last of us, those I loved and those I disapproved will be sharing oblivion, for no one will remember any of us.”
― William Alexander Percy, Lanterns on the Levee

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