Saffin a#39;s poems appear primarily in his commonplace book (a private journal). He was well-known as a versifier, and he wrote in the standard genres of his day a elegies, epitaphs, love poems, verse letters, and occasional pieces. Acrostic on Mrs. Winifret Griffin1 Within the casket of thy coelic2 breast, Jnclosed is virtue like the phoenix nest. Nor can the merits of a noble mind, invested be, with one more true and kind. 5 Fair Venus, and Minerva, 3 both combine: Resplendently, to makeanbsp;...
Title | : | The Heath Anthology of American Literature: The colonial period, to 1700. Eighteenth century. Early nineteenth century, 1800-1865 |
Author | : | Paul Lauter, Richard Yarborough |
Publisher | : | Houghton Mifflin - 1994-01-01 |
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