Poems of American Patriotism

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Poems of American Patriotism" by Brander Matthews is a collection of patriotic poems that was likely compiled in the late 19th century. This literary work seeks to capture the essence of American patriotism through poetry, reflecting on the nation's historical events, actions, feelings, and heroes. It features contributions from various notable poets and encompasses a wide range of themes related to the American experience, emphasizing the noble deeds and spirits of those who fought for freedom. At the start of the collection, the editor provides a preface explaining the purpose of gathering these poems, emphasizing the importance of both feelings and actions in depicting the American spirit. It notes that the poems are organized chronologically, allowing readers to follow the historical narrative portrayed by the poets. The opening lines introduce several poems, including Ralph Waldo Emerson's depiction of Boston and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's narrative of "Paul Revere's Ride," setting the tone for a compelling exploration of the American struggle for independence and the cherished ideals of liberty and unity that define the nation's character. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Boston / Ralph Waldo Emerson

Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Battle of Lexington / Sidney Lanier

Hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ticonderoga / V. B. Wilson

Grandmother's story of Bunker Hill battle / Oliver Wendell Holmes

Warren's address / John Pierpont

The old continentals / Guy Humphrey McMaster

Nathan Hale / Francis Miles Finch

The little black-eyed rebel / Will Carleton

Molly Maguire at Monmouth / William Collins

Song of Marion's men / William Cullen Bryant

To the memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw / Philip Freneau

Perry's victory on Lake Erie / James Gates Percival

The star spangled banner / Francis Scott Key

The battle of New Orleans / Thomas Dunn English

The American flag / Joseph Rodman Drake

Old Ironsides / Oliver Wendell Holmes

Monterey / Charles Fenno Hoffman

The Bivouac of the dead / Theodore O'Hara

How old Brown took Harper's Ferry / Edmund Clarence Stedman

Apocalypse / Richard Realf

The Picket Guard / Ethel Lynn Beers

The washers of the shroud / James Russell Lowell

Battle hymn of the republic / Julia Ward Howe

At Port Royal / John Greenleaf Whittier

Ready / Phoebe Cary

"How are you, Sanitary?" / Bret Harte

Song of the soldiers / Charles G. Halpine

Jonathan to John / James Russell Lowell

The Cumberland / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Kearny at Seven Pines / Edmund Clarence Stedman

Dirge for a soldier / George H. Boker

Barbara Frietchie / John Greenleaf Whittier

Fredericksburg / Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Music in camp / John R. Thompson

Keenan's charge / George Parsons Lathrop

The Black regiment / George H. Boker

John Burns of Gettysburg / Bret Harte

Twilight on Sumter / Richard Henry Stoddard

The bay-fight / Henry Howard Brownell

Sheridan's ride / Thomas Buchanan Read

Craven / Henry Newbolt

Sherman's march to the sea / Samuel H. M. Byers

O Captain! My Captain! / Walt Whitman

Abraham Lincoln / James Russell Lowell

The blue and the gray / Francis Miles Finch

At the Farragut statue / Robert Bridges

Grant / H. C. Bunner

The burial of Sherman / Richard Watson Gilder

The men behind the guns / John Jerome Rooney

The Regular Army man / Joseph C. Lincoln

When the great gray ships come in / Guy Wetmore Carryl

Ad finem fideles / Guy Wetmore Carryl

Grover Cleveland / Joel Benton

A toast to our native land / Robert Bridges

Fifty years / James Weldon Johnson

The American volunteers / Marie Van Vorst

I have a rendezvous with death / Alan Seeger

The choice / Rudyard Kipling

Annapolis / Waldron Kinsolving Post

Yanks / James W. Foley

Any woman to a soldier / Grace Ellery Channing

To peace, with victory / Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

You and you / Edith Wharton

With the tide / Edith Wharton

America's welcome home / Henry van Dyke

The unknown soldier / Angela Morgan.

Credits:

Produced by Robert Prince, David Starner, Juliet Sutherland Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Notes:

Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2004-08-01