Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867 Lines on the death of a young officer of the United States Navy, fallen in battle for his country
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02453.01 Author/Creator: Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: March 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.3 x 12.9 cm. Order a Copy
Sentimental poem lamenting the death of a soldier in battle. 12 lines written in one stanza. Poem ends: "He lived as Mother's wish their Sons to live, / He died as fathers wish their Sons to die." Halleck was a poet from Guildford, Connecticut. He wrote, with Joseph Rodman Drake, "The Croaker Papers," a series of satirical and humorous verses. "Fanny," his longest poem, was a satire on the literature, fashions, and politics of the time. It was published anonymously in December, 1819. Halleck was also the private secretary to John Jacob Astor.
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