Author:William Ross Wallace

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William Ross Wallace
(1819–1881)

American poet, with Scottish roots, best known for writing "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World".

Works[edit]

  • The Battle of Tippecanoe, Triumphs of Science, and Other Poems (1837)
  • Wordsworth: A Poem (1846)
  • Alban the Pirate: A Romaunt of the Metropolis (1848)
  • Meditations in America, and Other Poems (1851)
  • Prattsville, an American Poem (1852)
  • The Loved and the Lost (1856)
  • Progress of the United States: Henry Clay, an Ode "Of Thine Own Country Sing" (1856)
  • Patriotic and Heroic Eloquence: A Book for the Patriot, Statesman and Student (1861)
  • The Liberty Bell (1862)
  • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1865)
  • The Sword of Bunker Hill


Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and 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.

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