Poetry Codex

American

Charles G. Leland

1824–1903

Charles G. Leland (1824–1903) was a Philadelphia-born humorist, folklorist and poet, later famous for his Hans Breitmann ballads.

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.

Poems (10)

  1. Theleme
  2. A Dream of Love
  3. Manes
  4. The Three Friends
  5. Out and Fight
  6. El Capitan-General
  7. The Two Friends
  8. Hans Breitmann's Barty
  9. The Legend of Heinz von Stein
  10. Ritter Hugo

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