Author:Ethel Lynn Beers

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Ethel Lynn Beers (1827–1879)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, quotes. An American writer best known for her patriotic and sentimental Civil War poem "All Quiet Along the Potomac".

Stories

• General Frankie: A Story For Little People
• Oolie

Poetry

• Across the Lines
• All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
  • All Quiet along the Potomac (1864)
• Baby Looking Out For Me
• The Baggage Wagon
• Company K
• Dog's Day Ended
• Noonday Rest
• On the Shores of Tennessee
• The Picket Guard
• Weighing the Baby
• Which Shall It Be?
• Whisper Softly, Stainless Lilies

• All Quiet Along the Potomac, and other poems (1879) - transcription project of Image:All quiet along the Potomac and other poems.djvu

Reviews

• "Noonday Rest", New York Times June 12, 1869, Wednesday
• Calmer than midnight's deepest bush Is the sun-bright Summer nooning, With its cloudy shadows seeking rest, That fall on the hillside swooning. Great Night with its solemn starry eyes, Over Day's gate asks us whither We go, what our password is, To the camp beyond the river. ...

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.