Download or read book Stories in Verse written by Henry Abbey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Violets! Violets! Violets!" This was the cry I heard As I passed through the street of a city; And quickly my heart was stirred
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Download or read book The Poems of Henry Abbey written by Henry Abbey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Abbey (July 11, 1842 - June 7, 1911) was an American poet who is best remembered for the poem, "What do we plant when we plant a tree?" He is also known for "The Bedouin's Rebuke." In much of his work, Abbey displays traditional characteristics of the nineteenth-century American poetic approach. He uses inversions and has fluid feel; most commonly known for his "Disregard women, acquire currency" motto, his style takes notable influence from that of English poet James Henry Leigh Hunt. "The Bedouin's Rebuke" can be compared to Hunt's "Abou Ben Adhem," which employs similar metric flow. Abbey was fond of simple subject matter, such as remorse or happiness; his poetry often forms an anecdote or short story which builds in intensity, reaches a climactic struggle between two opposing entities, and then ends in an implied moral. His poetry is reminiscent of the Romantic Era, with particular influence from Shelley and Coleridge. He remains relatively well known with the poetry-reading public, as well as a respected figure in literary circles. Henry Abbey (11 July 1842 - 7 June 1911), poet, was born in Rondout (now a part of Kingston), New York, the son of Stephen Abbey, a merchant of farm products, and Caroline Vail. His family was moderately successful and able to support his attendance at Kingston Academy, the Delaware Literary Institute in Delhi, New York, and the Hudson River Institute across the river in Columbia County, but the uncertain grain and feed business was insufficient to enable him to attend college. When he was twenty or so, Abbey secured work as assistant editor of the Rondout Courier and for a time held the same job with the Orange (N.J.) Spectator, while contributing verses to many periodicals. In 1862 he financed the publication of a slim volume of his verse, May Dreams, dedicated to William Cullen Bryant, who generously allowed himself to be quoted in it as recognizing in the author "the marks of an affluent fancy." Abbey's verse was relatively simple in prosody, language, and topic, much of it celebrating nature and the beauties of his region. Abbey's next collection, Ralph, and Other Poems (1866), also appeared at the author's expense. By then his work was appearing regularly in such national magazines as Appleton's, the Overland Monthly, and Chambers', and Abbey had become a member of literary circles locally and in New York City, some hundred miles south of Rondout. A part of the "Pfaff Group"-literary people, including Walt Whitman, Thomas Nast, and Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne), who frequented the cellar of Pfaff's Cafe at 653 Broadway in New York City. Abbey was a friend of the naturalist John Burroughs and was active in arranging speaking engagements in Rondout for such celebrities as Mark Twain. Despite all his literary associations and his frequent publication in periodicals, Abbey never seriously attempted to earn a living as a writer. In 1864 he became a teller in the Rondout Bank, and soon afterward he joined his father and brother Legrand in their grain, flour, and feed business. In 1865 Abbey married Mary Louise DuBois of Kingston; they had no children. A successful businessman, he remained a diligent and prolific poet-while also remaining active in the Authors Club and the Shakespeare Society in New York as well as in the New York Produce Exchange-and produced a collection every three or four years until his death. His work was more frequently narrative, often set in classical antiquity, and increasingly didactic from volume to volume. In 1869 he published Stories in Verse, again at his own expense. Ballads of Good Deeds, and Other Verses appeared in 1872 under the imprint of the commercial publisher D. Appleton in New York City, and so did City of Success, and Other Poems in 1884. In 1888 Abbey brought out, once more at his own expense, a miscellany entitled Bright Things from Everywhere: A Galaxy of Good Stories, Poems, Paragraphs, Wit and Wisdom Selected by Henry Abbey."
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Download or read book The Poems of Henry Abbey written by Henry Abbey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poems of Henry Abbey Faciebat. As thoughts posses the fashion of the mood That gave them birth, so every deed we do Partakes of our inborn disquietude That spurns the old and reaches towards the new. The noblest works of human art and pride Show that their makers were not satisfied. For, looking down the ladder of our deeds, The rounds seem slender: all past work appears Unto the doer faulty: the heart bleeds, And pale Regret comes weltering in tears, To think how poor our best has been, how vain, Besides the excellence we would attain. Along The Nile To G. W. C. We journey up the storied Nile; The timeless water seems to smile; The slow and swarthy boatman sings; The dahabeah spreads her wings; We catch the breeze and sail away, Along the dawning of the day, Along the east, wherein the morn Of life and truth was gladly born. We sail along the past, and see Great Thebes with Karnak at her knee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Stories in Verse written by Henry Abbey and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stories in Verse" by Henry Abbey presents an exquisite collection of poetic tales that span a range of emotions and themes. Abbey's evocative verses transport readers through diverse landscapes of human experience, from love and loss to courage and triumph. This ebook is a literary gem that showcases the artistry of storytelling through the medium of poetry, making it a captivating read for poetry lovers and enthusiasts of classic literature alike.
Download or read book The city of success and other poems By Henry Abbey written by Henry Abbey and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Stories in Verse written by Henry Abbey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-04 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories in Verse: Large Print Henry Abbey he liquid dark; And a fire-fly, perched upon it, Shone out its fitful spark. I fancied it a light-house Mooned on a sky-like sea, To warn the fearless sailors Of lurking treachery-- Of unseen reefs and shallows That starved for wrecks to be. O Blanche, O love that spurns me, 'Tis but a cheat thou art. I would some friendly light-house Had warned me to depart From the secret reefs and shallows That hide about your heart. XV. DARKNESS. My hopes and my ambition all were down, Like grass the mower turneth from its place; The night's thick darkness was an angry frown, And earth a tear upon the cheek of space. The mighty fiend of storm in wild unrest, By lightning stabbed, dragged slowly up the plain; Great clots of light, like blood, dripped down his breast, And from his open jaws fell foam in rain. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Favorite Poems written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-08 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choice collection includes the long narrative poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish," plus such famous works as "The Village Blacksmith," "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "Paul Revere's Ride," many more.
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