American

Walter Learned

1847–1915


Walter Learned (1847–1915) is represented in this archive by verse from Burton E. Stevenson's anthology Poems of American History (1908; revised 1922).

Poems of American History gathers verse on events from the Norse voyages to the Spanish-American War, arranged by historical chapter. The poem here is “The Last Reservation”; Stevenson's editorial headnotes are not reproduced.

  1. The Last Reservation
  2. With a Spray of Apple Blossoms
  3. On the Fly-Leaf of Manon Lescaut
  4. In Explanation
  5. To Critics
  6. On the Fly-leaf of a Book of Old Plays
  7. The Prime of Life
  8. Growing Old
  9. Time's Revenge

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