Author:Sidney Lanier

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Sidney Clopton Lanier (1842–1881)

See biography, media, quotes. Sidney Lanier was an American poet from the state of Georgia. His poems are still popular today, especially in the American South, and many places and things in the South are named for him.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Poems 1.1.1 Marsh Hymns 1.1.2 Standard works 1.1.3 The Dialect Poems 1.1.4 Street Cries 1.1.5 Unrevised Early Poems 2 Works about Lanier

[edit] Works

[edit] Poems

[edit] Marsh Hymns

The set of poems for which Lanier is most known.

• Hymns of the Marshes
  • I. Sunrise • 1880
  • II. Individuality • 1878–79
  • III. Marsh Song—At Sunset • 1879–80
  • IV. The Marshes of Glynn • 1878

[edit] Standard works

Listed by date when they were composed.

• The Tournament • 1865
• The Dying Words of Stonewall Jackson • 1865
• To J. D. H. • 1866
• Barnacles • 1867
• The Raven Days • 1868
• Corn • 1874
• My Springs • 1874
• In Absence • 1874
• On Huntingdon’s “Miranda” • 1874
• Laus Mariae • 1874–75
• Acknowledgment • 1874–75
• The Symphony • 1875
• Special Pleading • 1875
• To Charlotte Cushman • 1875
• At First. To Charlotte Cushman • 1876
• A Dedication. To Charlotte Cushman • 1876
• Clover • 1876
• The Waving of the Corn • 1876
• To Beethoven • 1876–77
• The Bee • 1877
• The Stirrup-Cup • 1877
• Tampa Robins • 1877
• Song of the Chattahoochee • 1877
• From the Flats • 1877
• The Mocking-Bird • 1877
• The Revenge of Hamish • 1878
• To Our Mocking-Bird • 1878
• The Crystal • 1880
• To Bayard Taylor • 1879
• Rose-Morals • 1875
• Martha Washington • 1875
• To ——, with a Rose • 1876
• Psalm of the West • 1876
• An Evening Song • 1876
• The Dove • 1877
• A Florida Sunday • 1877
• Under the Cedarcroft Chestnut • 1877
• A Song of the Future • 1878
• The Harlequin of Dreams • 1878
• An Frau Nannette Falk-Auerbach • 1878
• A Song of Eternity in Time • 1867, revised 1879
• Opposition • 1879–80
• Owl against Robin • 1880
• Ode to the Johns Hopkins University • 1880
• To Dr. Thomas Shearer • 1880
• Ireland • 1880
• A Ballad of Trees and the Master • 1880–81
• To My Class: On Certain Fruits and Flowers Sent Me in Sickness • 1880
• On Violet’s Wafers, Sent Me When I Was Ill • 1881
• On a Palmetto • 1880
• A Sunrise Song • 1881
• Thou and I • 1881
• Struggle • (late, undated)
• Control • (late, undated)
• Marsh Hymns—Between Dawn and Sunrise • (late, undated)
• The Hard Times in Elfland • 1877

[edit] The Dialect Poems

These poems were written in various dialects of the rural 19th-century South.

• Thar’s more in the Man than thar is in the Land • 1869
• Nine from Eight • 1870
• Jones’s Private Argyment • 1870
• The Power of Prayer • 1875
  • “or, The First Steamboat up the Alabama”
• Uncle Jim’s Baptist Revival Hymn • 1876
• A Florida Ghost • 1877

[edit] Street Cries

• Street Cries • 1867–79
  • Introductory stanzas • (undated)
  • I. Remonstrance • 1878–79
  • II. The Ship of Earth • 1868
  • III. How Love Looked for Hell • 1878–1879
  • IV. Tyranny • 1867
  • V. Life and Song • 1868
  • VI. To Richard Wagner • 1877
  • VII. A Song of Love • (undated)

[edit] Unrevised Early Poems

Some of these poems were published only posthumously.

• To —— • 1863
• The Palm and the Pine • 1864
• Spring Greeting • 1864
• The Wedding • 1865
• Wedding-Hymn • 1865
• A Sea-Shore Grave. To M. J. L. • 1866 (with Clifford Lanier)
• Night and Day • 1866
• A Birthday Song. To S. G. • 1866
• To Wilhelmina • 1866
• Night • 1866
• Strange Jokes • 1867
• In the Foam • 1867
• The Jacquerie. A Fragment • 1868
• The Golden Wedding of Sterling and Sarah Lanier, September 27, 1868 • 1868
• Nirvana • 1869
• The Raven Days • 1868
• Our Hills • (undated)
• Laughter in the Senate • 1868
• Baby Charley • 1869
• June Dreams, in January • 1869
• Souls and Rain-Drops • (undated)
• Nilsson • 1871
• Resurrection • (undated)

[edit] Works about Lanier

• Sidney Lanier article in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

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.