Poems of American history

Burton Egbert Stevenson

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908 - United States - 704 pages

Contents

• The Inspiration James Montgomery: 8
• Columrus Joaquin Miller: 15
• The Fountain of Youth Hezekiah Butterworth: 21
• Verazzano Hezekiah Butterworth: 27
• Noremrega John Greenleaf Whittier: 34
• Neweb from Virginia Richard Rich: 40
• Ode to Jamestown James Kirke Paulding: 46
• The Praise of New Netherland Jacob Steendam: 52
• The First Proclamation of Miles Standish Margaret Junkin Preston: 58
• New Englands Annoyances Unknown: 65
• Our Country Julia Ward Howe: 71
• Cassandra Southwick John Greenleaf Whittier: 77
• The Great Swamp Fight Caroline Hazard: 83
• Salem Edmund Clarence Stedman: 89
• Giles Corey Unknown: 96
• The Sack of Deerfield Thomas Dunn English: 102
• Lovewells Fight Unknown: 108
• Ned Braddock John Williamson Palmer: 114
• Fort Duquesne Floras B Plimpton 11: 121
• Flawless his Heart James Russell Lowell: 128
• The Lirerty Pole Unknown: 131
• A New Song Unknown: 137
• Massachusetts Song of Lirerty Mercy Warren: 143
• The Kings Own Regulars Unknown: 150
• The Mecklennurg Declaration William C Elam: 156
• The Ballad of Bunker Hill Edward Everett Hale: 162
• The NewCome Chief James Russell Lowell: 168
• War and Washington Jonathan Mitchell Sewall: 170
• Off from Boston Unknown: 176
• A New War Song ry Sir Peter Parker Unknown: 182
• Across the Delaware Will Carleton: 188
• Parson Allens Ride Wallace Bruce: 194
• The Progress of Sir Jack Brag Unknown: 200
• General Howes Letter Unknown: 205
• The Battle of Monmouth Thomas Dunn English: 211
• Betty Zane Thomas Dunn English: 217
• The Yankee ManofWar Unknown: 223
• CHAPTER IX: 229
• Brave Paulding and the Spy Unknown: 237
• CHAPTER X: 245
• Song op Marions Men William Cnllen Bryant: 248
• The Battle of Eutaw William Gilmore Simms: 254
• On the Departure of the British from Charleston Philip Freneau: 260
• Oh Mother of a Mighty Race William Cullen Bryant: 268
• Washington James Jeffrey Roche: 274
• The Constellation and the Insurgente Unknown: 280
• How we nurned the Philadelphia Barrett Eastman: 281
• Farewell Peace Unknown: 287
• The Wasps Frolic Unknown: 293
• The Death of General Pike Laughton Osborn: 299
• Perrys VictoryA Song Unknown: 305
• The Lost WarSloop Edna Dean Proctor: 311
• The StarSpangled Banner Francis Scott Key: 317
• Fort Bowyer Charles L S Jones: 323
• Jackson at New Orleans Wallace Rice: 325
• On the Emigration to America Philip Freneau: 331
• The Battle of Muskingum William Harrison Safford: 337
• Discovery of San Francisco Bay Richard Edward White: 343
• La Fayette Dolly Madison: 349
• Ben Milam William H Wharton: 355
• Mr Hosea Biglow speaks James Russell Lowell: 360
• The Angels of Buena Vista John Greenleaf Whittier: 366
• Texas John Greenleaf Whittier: 368
• Illumination for Victories in Mexico Grace Greenwood 871: 374
• Daniel Werster Oliver Wendell Holmes 877: 380
• The Kidnapping of Sims John Pierpont 888: 389
• How Old Brown took Harpers Ferry Edmund Clarence Stedman 893: 395
• John Brown Edna Dean Proctor: 397
• God save Our President Francis deHaes Janvier: 403
• Men of the North and West Richard Henry Stoddard: 409
• My Maryland James Ryder Randall: 416
• Manassas Catherine M Warfield: 424
• Jonathan to John James Russell Lowell: 430
• Civil War Charles Dawson Shanlv: 432
• The Charge ny the Ford Thomas Dunn English: 438
• Barnara Frietchie John Greenleaf VVhittier: 444
• The Washers of the Shroud James Russell Lowell: 450
• Alrert Sidney Johnston Kate Brownlee Sherwood: 456
• Ready Phoebe Cary 401: 462
• The Cumrerland Herman Melville: 466
• The Ballad of New Orleans George Henry Boker: 472
• AstrjEA at the Capitol John Greenleaf Whittier: 478
• Keenans Charge George Parsons Lathrop: 484
• The High Tide at Gettysruho Will Henry Thompson: 491
• Lincoln at Gettysrurg Bayard Taylor: 497
• Garfields Ride at Chickamauga Hezekiah Bntterworth: 503
• Charleston Henry Timrod: 507
• Shermans March to the Sea Samuel H M Byers: 513
• Cant Harriet Prescott Spofford: 519
• CHAPTER XI: 525
• Alremarle Cushing James Jeffrey Roche: 535
• The Dead President Edward Rowland Sill: 538
• CHAPTER XIII: 545
• The Eagles Song Richard Mansfield: 558
• The Stricken South to the North Paul Hamilton Hayne: 564
• Boston John Boyle OReilly: 570
• Our First Century George Edward Woodberry: 572
• Our National Banner Dexter Smith: 578
• Miles Keoghs Horse John Hay: 584
• At the Presidents Grave Richard Watson Gilder: 590
• Additional Verses to Hail Columria Oliver Wendell Holmes: 596
• The White City Richard Watson Gilder: 602
• Tennessee Virginia Fraser Boyle: 603
• Cuna Linre Joaquin Miller: 609
• Dewey at Manila Robert Underwood Johnson: 615
• The Spirit of the Maine Tudor Jenks: 621
• The VictoryWreck Will Carleton: 627
• The Destroyer of Destroyers Wallace Rice: 635
• Breath on the Oat Joseph Russell Taylor: 641
• CHAPTER VI: 649
• The Song of the Flags S Weir Mitchell: 655
• NOTES: 663

Bibliographic information

• Title: Poems of American history
• Editor: Burton Egbert Stevenson
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: May 23, 2008
• Length: 704 pages