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Hours: Of Life, and Other Poems
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Music and perfume, and around him fiings Her rosy mist-wreaths, drooping warm and low, And prints her fragrant kisses on his brow.
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Music and perfume, and around him fiings Her rosy mist-wreaths, drooping warm and low, And prints her fragrant kisses on his brow.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
237 pages, Paperback
First published June 24, 2015
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Sarah Helen Whitman
35 books5 followersSarah Helen Power Whitman (January 19, 1803 – June 27, 1878) was an American poet, essayist, transcendentalist, spiritualist and a romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe.
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April 26, 2022
3.5 Stars
"In 1853 George H. Whitney of Providence published a collection of her poems titled Hours of Life, and Other Poems. The collection opens with the lengthy title piece tracing the author’s spiritual odyssey from the instinctive faith of her childhood through doubt and on to mature affirmation. This poem is followed by 41 “Miscellaneous Poems,” among which are scattered the verses she addressed to Poe, as well as 14 sonnets, six poems translated from the German, and a final sonnet by way of envoi." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poet...
HOURS OF LIFE: (author’s spiritual odyssey from the instinctive faith of her childhood through doubt and on to mature affirmation)
MORNING 4⭐
NOON 5⭐
EVENING 4⭐
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS:
THE GOLDEN BALL 4⭐
MOONRISE IN MAY 3⭐
THE TRAILING ARBUTUS 3⭐
A STILL DAY IN AUTUMN 3.5⭐
THE ANGEL OF DEATH 2⭐
"THE RAVEN" 3.75⭐
A NIGHT IN AUGUST 2⭐
MORNING. From "The Sleeping Beauty" 3⭐
THE LAST FLOWERS 3.75⭐
ARCTURUS
Written in October 3.5⭐
Written in April 4⭐
THE MORNING GLORY 3.5⭐
THE PHANTOM VOICE 4⭐
RESURGAMUS 3.5⭐
TO THE MORNING STAR 3.5⭐
ON A STATUE OF DAVID 3⭐
WOOD-WALKS IN SPRING 3.25⭐
LINES WRITTEN IN NOVENBER 4.5⭐
EVENING ON THE MOOSHAUSSUCK 4⭐
THE GARDEN SEPULCHRE 2.5⭐
OUR ISLAND OF DREAMS 4⭐
IN APRIL'S DIM AND SHOWERY NIGHTS 2.75⭐
THD ENCHANTED CASTLE From "The Sleeping Beauty" 3⭐
THE ROUT OF THE CHILDREN From the French of Victor Hugo 5⭐
SUMMER'S CALL TO THE LITTLE ORPHAN 4⭐
A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS 3.25⭐
A VISION OF PARADISE 2⭐
THE PAST 4⭐
A DAY OF THE INDIAN SUMMER 4⭐
SHE BLOOMS NO MORE 3⭐
ON A MAGDALEN BY CARLO DOLCE 2.5⭐
To — 2⭐
MORNING AFTER A STORM 3⭐
To — 2.75⭐
FLORALIE 2⭐
STANZAS WITH A BRIDAL RING 3.25⭐
ON FANNIE"S CHARM LAMP 2⭐
SONG 3⭐
THE DRAMA 3⭐
ROGER WILLIAMS 3⭐
THE CROSS. To M. J. L 2⭐
SONNETS:
To ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING 2.5⭐
I
II
III
THE GARDEN MINSTER 3⭐
TO E. O. S 3⭐
A NOVEMBER LANDSCAPE 3⭐
WITHERED FLOWERS 3.75⭐
REMEMBERED MUSIC 2.75⭐
TO — I 3.5⭐
TO — II 3.5⭐
TO — Ill 3⭐
TO — IV 3.5⭐
TO — V 3.25⭐
TO — VI 3⭐
TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN:
THE LOST CHURCH 3⭐
LEONORA 4.5⭐
FROM GOETHE S FAUST 3⭐
TO THE CLOUDS 3⭐
THE DYING HEROES 3⭐
THE COTTAGE 3.25⭐
SONNET MY FLOWER 2.5⭐
"In 1853 George H. Whitney of Providence published a collection of her poems titled Hours of Life, and Other Poems. The collection opens with the lengthy title piece tracing the author’s spiritual odyssey from the instinctive faith of her childhood through doubt and on to mature affirmation. This poem is followed by 41 “Miscellaneous Poems,” among which are scattered the verses she addressed to Poe, as well as 14 sonnets, six poems translated from the German, and a final sonnet by way of envoi." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poet...
HOURS OF LIFE: (author’s spiritual odyssey from the instinctive faith of her childhood through doubt and on to mature affirmation)
MORNING 4⭐
NOON 5⭐
EVENING 4⭐
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS:
THE GOLDEN BALL 4⭐
MOONRISE IN MAY 3⭐
THE TRAILING ARBUTUS 3⭐
A STILL DAY IN AUTUMN 3.5⭐
THE ANGEL OF DEATH 2⭐
"THE RAVEN" 3.75⭐
A NIGHT IN AUGUST 2⭐
MORNING. From "The Sleeping Beauty" 3⭐
THE LAST FLOWERS 3.75⭐
ARCTURUS
Written in October 3.5⭐
Written in April 4⭐
THE MORNING GLORY 3.5⭐
THE PHANTOM VOICE 4⭐
RESURGAMUS 3.5⭐
TO THE MORNING STAR 3.5⭐
ON A STATUE OF DAVID 3⭐
WOOD-WALKS IN SPRING 3.25⭐
LINES WRITTEN IN NOVENBER 4.5⭐
EVENING ON THE MOOSHAUSSUCK 4⭐
THE GARDEN SEPULCHRE 2.5⭐
OUR ISLAND OF DREAMS 4⭐
IN APRIL'S DIM AND SHOWERY NIGHTS 2.75⭐
THD ENCHANTED CASTLE From "The Sleeping Beauty" 3⭐
THE ROUT OF THE CHILDREN From the French of Victor Hugo 5⭐
SUMMER'S CALL TO THE LITTLE ORPHAN 4⭐
A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS 3.25⭐
A VISION OF PARADISE 2⭐
THE PAST 4⭐
A DAY OF THE INDIAN SUMMER 4⭐
SHE BLOOMS NO MORE 3⭐
ON A MAGDALEN BY CARLO DOLCE 2.5⭐
To — 2⭐
MORNING AFTER A STORM 3⭐
To — 2.75⭐
FLORALIE 2⭐
STANZAS WITH A BRIDAL RING 3.25⭐
ON FANNIE"S CHARM LAMP 2⭐
SONG 3⭐
THE DRAMA 3⭐
ROGER WILLIAMS 3⭐
THE CROSS. To M. J. L 2⭐
SONNETS:
To ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING 2.5⭐
I
II
III
THE GARDEN MINSTER 3⭐
TO E. O. S 3⭐
A NOVEMBER LANDSCAPE 3⭐
WITHERED FLOWERS 3.75⭐
REMEMBERED MUSIC 2.75⭐
TO — I 3.5⭐
TO — II 3.5⭐
TO — Ill 3⭐
TO — IV 3.5⭐
TO — V 3.25⭐
TO — VI 3⭐
TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN:
THE LOST CHURCH 3⭐
LEONORA 4.5⭐
FROM GOETHE S FAUST 3⭐
TO THE CLOUDS 3⭐
THE DYING HEROES 3⭐
THE COTTAGE 3.25⭐
SONNET MY FLOWER 2.5⭐
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