Poetry Codex

American

Epes Sargent

1813–1880

Epes Sargent (1813–1880) was a poet, playwright and editor, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the author of the play Velasco.

Griswold included 6 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 (8)

  1. The Days That Are Past
  2. The Martyr of the Arena
  3. Summer in the Heart
  4. The Fugitive from Love
  5. The Night-Storm at Sea
  6. The Death of Warren
  7. A Life on the Ocean Wave
  8. Deeds of Kindness

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