The Little Book of Modern Verse: A Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets
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The Little Book of Modern Verse: A Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets
American poetry
Riley, James Whitcomb. [1853-1916] (2)
Born in Greenfield, Indiana, in June, 1853, and died at Indianapolis,
July, 1916. He occupied a field unique in American literature
and probably no poet came as near to the heart of the people.
Popularly known as "The Hoosier Poet", because his verse was largely written
in the dialect of the common people of his native State of Indiana,
he was yet a poet of the truest gifts, and many of his dialect poems
bid fair to become classic. Mr. Riley did not confine himself, however,
to the use of dialect, but wrote some exquisite poetry in other fields.
Unlike many poets, he lived to see himself not only the most beloved
and honored citizen of his native State, which annually celebrates
"Riley Day", but the most widely known and beloved poet of his period
in America. Mr. Riley was so voluminous a writer that we have scarcely space
to list all of his titles, but among the favorite volumes are:
"The Old Swimmin' Hole, and 'Leven More Poems", 1883; "Afterwhiles", 1887;
"Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury", 1888; "Rhymes of Childhood", 1890;
"Green Fields and Running Brooks", 1892; "Armazindy", 1894;
"Love Lyrics", 1899; "Home Folks", 1900; "Farm Rhymes", 1901;
"An Old Sweetheart of Mine", 1902; "Out to Old Aunt Mary's", 1904;
"Raggedy Man", 1907; "The Little Orphant Annie Book", 1908;
"When the Frost is on the Punkin, and Other Poems", 1911;
"Knee Deep in June, and Other Poems", 1912; and the Biographical Edition
of the complete works, 1913.
Roberts, Charles G. D. [1860-1943] (2)
Born in Douglas, New Brunswick, January 10, 1860. Educated at
the University of New Brunswick. After a period of teaching,
he turned to journalism and was editor for a time of "The Week", Toronto,
and associate editor of "The Illustrated American". Mr. Roberts has been
a voluminous writer as novelist, naturalist, and poet.
His volumes of verse are: "Orion, and Other Poems", 1880;
"In Divers Tones", 1887; "Songs of the Common Day", 1893;
"The Book of the Native", 1896; "New York Nocturnes", 1898; "Poems", 1901;
"The Book of the Rose", 1903; Collected Poems, 1907.
Robinson, Edwin Arlington. [1869-1935] (3)
Born at Head Tide, Maine, December 22, 1869. Educated at Harvard University.
He is the author of "Children of the Night", 1897; "Captain Craig", 1902;
"The Town Down the River", 1910; "The Man against the Sky", 1916;
"Merlin", 1917; and of two prose dramas, "Van Zorn" and "The Porcupine".
Mr. Robinson is a psychological poet of great subtlety.
His poems are usually studies of types and he has given us
a remarkable series of portraits.
Rogers, Robert Cameron. [1862-1912] (1)
Born at Buffalo, New York, January 7, 1862. Died at Santa Barbara,
California, while still a young man [sic]. He was chiefly known for his poem,
"The Rosary", contained in this collection.
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