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Robert Underwood Johnson

1853–1937

Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937) was an American writer, poet and diplomat.

Poems of American History gathers verse on events from the Norse voyages to the Spanish-American War, arranged by historical chapter. The poems here are “Dewey at Manila” and “To the Returning Brave”; Stevenson's editorial headnotes are not reproduced.

Poems (12)

  1. Dewey at Manila
  2. To the Returning Brave
  3. As a Bell in a Chime
  4. The Wistful Days
  5. In Tesla's Laboratory
  6. Browning at Asolo
  7. The Blossom of the Soul
  8. Italian Rhapsody
  9. Ursula
  10. An Irish Love-Song
  11. Love once was like an April dawn
  12. Star-Song

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