Frank Lebby Stanton

Frank Lebby Stanton (1857–1927) was an American poet and newspaper columnist, born in Charleston, South Carolina, who worked for many years on the Atlanta Constitution, where his daily column of verse made him widely read in the South.

His books include Songs of the Soil (1892) and Up from Georgia (1902); he wrote in both literary English and Southern dialect, and “Mother” and “Just a Wearyin’ for You” were widely set to music. He was named poet laureate of Georgia in 1925.