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Lanier, Sidney

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Edited by his wife. Electronic text of the 1884 original.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/lanier/lanier.html

Yale Book of American Verse text.
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213. Song of the Chattahoochee. Sidney Lanier. Yale Book of American Verse  I hurry amain to reach the plain, Run the rapid and leap the fall, Split at the rock and together again,5 Accept my bed, or narrow or wide, And flee from folly on every side With a lover's pain to...
http://www.bartleby.com/102/213.html

Texts of "The Harlequin of Dreams", "Laus Mariae", "In Absence", and "Acknowledgement".
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Sidney Lanier  Betwixt the legs and mock the daily round. Yet thou canst more than mock: sometimes my tears At midnight break through bounden lids--a sign Thou hast a heart: and oft thy little leaven Of dream-taught wisdom works me bettered years....
http://www.sonnets.org/lanier.htm

Discussion of Lanier's career in Maryland and reference to his monument in Baltimore.
http://www.baltimoremd.com/monuments/lanier.html

Edited by his wife. Electronic text of the 1884 original.
http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/lanier/lanier.html

Sidney Lanier [a biography] by Edwin Mims with annotations from the Encyclopedia of the Self.
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Sidney Lanier [a biography] by Edwin Mims  Mims with annotations advancing emotional literacy education from the Encyclopedia of the Self. Sidney Lanier [a biography] by Edwin Mims Hypertext Meanings and Commentaries from the Encyclopedia of the Self. Edwin Mims forum, links add URL Sidney Lanier [a biography...
http://www.selfknowledge.com/lanrb10.htm

Text with modern photograph.
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Sidney Lanier's Marshes of Glynn  With intricate shades of the vines that myriad-cloven Clamber the forks of the multiform boughs Emerald twilights Virginal shy lights, Wrought of the leaves to allure to the whisper of vows, When lovers pace timidly down through the green colonnades...
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/webspinner/glynn.htm

Biography with emphasis on Lanier's activities in Texas, and bibliography.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handb...line/articles/view/LL/fla35.html

Information on Lanier's Macon, Georgia birthplace.
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The Official City of Macon Web Site  Army until captured aboard a blockade runner and confined at Fort Lookout, Maryland. The museum displays Lanier memorabilia and the gift shop sells books on the Civil War, items on Lanier, and other related articles. Membership in the Middle Georgia...
http://www.cityofmacon.net/Living/slcottage.htm

Birth and death information, photographs of headstone, historical marker, and birthplace, directions, cemetery details, and interactive comments from Find A Grave.
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Find A Grave Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials  Enter a name for immediate results: First Name Last Name I found my brother! It's like we've always known each other Pam from CA Advertisement Sidney LanierBirth:Feb. 3, 1842Death:Sep. 7, 1881Poet, CSA Soldier. He was born and reared in Macon,...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=602

Contains short biography, critical discussion of themes, and selected works. Project Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1229

Collection of poetry by this 19th-century American poet. Project Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/579

At World Wide School. In searchable HTML. Each poem (or numbered section, for longer poems) in its own file with links to table of contents, previous, next. In graphical browsers, this is the online equivalent of a "large print" edition.
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Poems of Sidney Lanier Table of Contents  Please read the terms under which this book is provided to you Preface Special Thanks. Hymns of the Marshes I. I. Sunrise. Hymns of the Marshes II. II. Individuality. Hymns of the Marshes III. III. Marsh Song At Sunset. Hymns...
http://www.worldwideschool.org/l...try/PoemsofSidneyLanier/toc.html

Brief biography. Reference to his first novel and poetic themes.
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About Sidney Lanier  Before he could make a name for himself as a writer, however, the War Between the States erupted. Lanier immediately enlisted in the Second Georgia Battalion of the Macon Volunteers. He saw action during the Seven Days Battle and was...
http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/authors/lanier.htm