American writers: a collection of literary biographies. Jane Addams to Sidney LanierLeonard Unger |
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... wrote verse. By 1832, Bryant was firmly established on the Evening Post. Editor in chief since 1829, he bought an increasing share in the business over the years, and soon found himself in comfortable circumstances. Bryant was not ...
... wrote verse. By 1832, Bryant was firmly established on the Evening Post. Editor in chief since 1829, he bought an increasing share in the business over the years, and soon found himself in comfortable circumstances. Bryant was not ...
Page 365
... wrote practically nothing, 1877 was the poet's most prolific year; he produced a total of eleven poems. Lanier's constant need to supplement the small and irregular income he received from his writing compelled him to seek other means ...
... wrote practically nothing, 1877 was the poet's most prolific year; he produced a total of eleven poems. Lanier's constant need to supplement the small and irregular income he received from his writing compelled him to seek other means ...
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... wrote three of his best-known poems — "The Crystal," "Sunrise," and "A Ballad of Trees and the Master," the latter two among his best. These were composed when Lanier must have been convinced that he had lost his fifteen-year struggle ...
... wrote three of his best-known poems — "The Crystal," "Sunrise," and "A Ballad of Trees and the Master," the latter two among his best. These were composed when Lanier must have been convinced that he had lost his fifteen-year struggle ...
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