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Thomas Holley Chivers

Born

in Washington, Georgia, The United States

October 18, 1809

Died

December 18, 1858

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Thomas Holley Chivers (October 18, 1809 – December 18, 1858) was an American doctor-turned-poet from the state of Georgia. He is best known for his friendship with Edgar Allan Poe and his controversial defense of the poet after his death.

Though Chivers built up a mild reputation during his lifetime, counting Algernon Charles Swinburne among his admirers, his fame faded away quickly after his death. Other writers that acknowledged his influence included Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti. Others, however, were more critical. One anonymous reviewer, possibly Evert Augustus Duyckinck, joked that Chivers was formulaic and suggested the formula included 30% Percy Bysshe Shelley, 20% Poe, 20% "mild idiocy", 10% "gibbering idiocy" ...more

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	Complete Works of Thomas Holley Chivers: Correspondence of Thomas Holley Chivers, 1838-1858 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1957	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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	Eonchs of Ruby: A Gift of Love 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1851 — 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
	Unpublished Plays of Thomas Holley Chivers by Thomas Holley Chivers, Charles M. Lombard 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book.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
	Path of Sorrows (5 Volumes in 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1979	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
	Virginalia;: Or, Songs of my summer nights; a gift of love for the beautiful 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1972 — 2 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
	Georgia's Lost Poet : Dr. Thomas H. Chivers by Thomas Holley Chivers, Jack B. Hood, Sara M. Hood 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	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 Lost Pleiad: And Other Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1845 — 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
	Conrad and Eudora, or, The Death of Alonzo: A Tragedy. In Five Acts: Founded on the Murder of Sharpe, by Beauchamp, in Kentucky 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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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“Clatta, clatta, clatta, clatter
Like the devil beating batter
Down below in iron platter
Which subsides into a clanky
And a clinky, and a clanky
And a clinky, clanky, clanky
And a clanky, clinky, clanky
And the song that now I offer
For Apollo's Golden Coffer
With the friendship that I proffer
Is for Riding on a Rail”
― Thomas Holley Chivers

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“As an egg, when broken, never
Can be mended, but must ever
Be the same crushed egg forever —
So shall this dark heart of mine!
Which, though broken, is still breaking,
And shall never more cease aching
For the sleep which has no waking —
For the sleep which now is thine!”
― Thomas Holley Chivers

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“As the diamond is the crystalline Revelator of the achromatic white light of Heaven, so is a perfect poem the crystalline revelation of the Divine Idea.”
― Thomas Holley Chivers, Eonchs of ruby; A gift of love

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