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Nathaniel Parker Willis

1806–1867

Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867) was an American poet, editor and journalist, born at Portland, Maine, and educated at Yale. He edited the New-York Mirror and later the Home Journal, and was among the best-paid magazine writers of his time.

His early scriptural and sentimental poems made him widely popular, and he was a prominent figure of the New York literary scene.

Poems (28)

  1. Unseen Spirits
  2. Melanie
  3. The Confessional
  4. Lines on Leaving Europe
  5. Spring
  6. To Ermengarde
  7. Hagar in the Wilderness
  8. Thoughts While Making a Grave for a First Child, Born Dead
  9. The Belfry Pigeon
  10. April
  11. The Annoyer
  12. To a Face Beloved
  13. To the Lady in the Chemisette with Black Buttons
  14. Come Out, Love
  15. The White Chip Hat
  16. You Know If It Was You
  17. The Declaration
  18. Love in a Cottage
  19. To Helen in a Huff
  20. André's Request to Washington
  21. The Death of Harrison
  22. Parrhasius
  23. The Torn Hat
  24. To Giulia Grisi
  25. To Laura W——, Two Years of Age
  26. Chamber Scene
  27. On the Picture of a "Child Tired of Play"
  28. Saturday Afternoon

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