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Excerpt from Thanatopsis and Other Poems: And Other Poems
Bryant began to make verses in his eighth year, one of his earliest efforts being a paraphrase of the first chapter of the Book of Job, and another, a poetical address before his school. In his thirteenth year he surprised his family and the public with a political satire of over five hundred lines, which was published at Boston under the title, The Embargo, or Sketches of the Times; a Satire, by a Youth of Thirteen.
It appeared in a second edition the following year, together with several other poems of a political character. More than forty pieces of verse were written before he was sixteen years old - odes, elegies, satires, songs, and translations: but they are little more than mocking-bird rhymes, in manner echoing Pope, whose in?uence was still dominant, and in matter rehearsing the political sentiments of the times; more over, they contain not the slightest hint-of the characteristics of his later poetry.
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Bryant began to make verses in his eighth year, one of his earliest efforts being a paraphrase of the first chapter of the Book of Job, and another, a poetical address before his school. In his thirteenth year he surprised his family and the public with a political satire of over five hundred lines, which was published at Boston under the title, The Embargo, or Sketches of the Times; a Satire, by a Youth of Thirteen.
It appeared in a second edition the following year, together with several other poems of a political character. More than forty pieces of verse were written before he was sixteen years old - odes, elegies, satires, songs, and translations: but they are little more than mocking-bird rhymes, in manner echoing Pope, whose in?uence was still dominant, and in matter rehearsing the political sentiments of the times; more over, they contain not the slightest hint-of the characteristics of his later poetry.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - William Cullen Bryant
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780265850589
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 44
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ISBN - 9781330873014
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm
Page Count - 46
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