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AreytosPoetry | John Russell | 1846 Published
in 1846 by John Russell in Charleston, SC, Areytos
was also titled Songs of the South, because
all the poems dealt with subject matter related to the southern United States. Many had been published previously in various
periodicals.[1]
Simms issued this collection on the heels of his Grouped Thoughts and Scattered Fancies. A Collection of Sonnets.[2] Thinking of himself primarily as a poet and
wanting to secure his place as one of America’s best, he followed the
publications of Grouped Thoughts
(1845) and Areytos (1846) with five
other volumes of poetry, all published ... |
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Sabbath Lyrics: A Christmas Gift of LovePoetry | Press of Walker and James | 1849 Sabbath Lyrics is a collection of poems written
by William Gilmore Simms based on Christian scripture. The poems featured in this collection had
been published previously in Godey’s
throughout 1848 and 1849.[1] These individual poems were published as a
collection in 1849 by the Press of Walker and James in Charleston, SC. Simms intended for this work
to be, “a Christmas giftbook,” that people could give as a Christmas present to
their loved ones. His effort to find a
printer for the work in July of 1849, however, was unsuccessful.[2] In a letter to Nathaniel ... |