American

Robert Cameron Rogers

1862–1912


Robert Cameron Rogers (1862–1912) was an American poet, born at Buffalo, New York, who died at Santa Barbara, California, in 1912.

He is remembered chiefly for his song-lyric “The Rosary”, which was set to music by Ethelbert Nevin and became one of the most popular parlour songs of its time.

  1. The Rosary
  2. The Dancing Faun
  3. A Sleeping Priestess of Aphrodite
  4. Virgil's Tomb
  5. The Shadow Rose
  6. Doubt
  7. A Health at the Ford

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