Katie

by Henry Timrod

Excerpt from Katie

From that green isle whose twilight skies No darker are than Katie's eyes.

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Genres: Poetry

44 pages, Paperback

First published June 24, 2010

About the author

Timrod was born on December 8, 1828, in Charleston, South Carolina, to a family of German descent. His grandfather Heinrich Dimroth emigrated to the United States in 1765 and Anglicized his name. His father was an officer in the Seminole Wars and a poet himself. The elder Timrod died on July 28, 1838, at the age of 44; his son was nine. A few years later, their home burned down, leaving the family impoverished.

Reviews

[Miles Smith]

A very good and thoroughly charming and simple poem about a southerner interacting with his British lover. Its a simple poem but in a lot of ways these are the type that are so easy to enjoy. The scenes set walking through the woods and evocation of songbirds are atmospheric without slipping into the sort of brooding romance that typifies so much of postwar southern poetry in the Gilded Age. *Katie* is undoubtedly sentimental yet it comes across as joyful, even cheerful.