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Robert T. Conrad

1810–1858


Robert T. Conrad (1810–1858) was a Philadelphia judge, mayor, editor and poet, and the author of the play Aylmere.

Griswold included 4 of his poems in The Poets and Poetry of America (16th edition, Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1855), the anthology from which the poems here are taken.

  1. On a Blind Boy, Soliciting Charity by Playing on His Flute
  2. The Stricken
  3. My Brother
  4. The Pride of Worth

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