Memorial Edition. Poems of Henry Timrod: With Memoir and Portrait

Poems of Henry Timrod: with a memoir and portrait was published in 1899. Henry Timrod was an American poet from the South, often called the poet laureate of the Confederacy. His life was enveloped in the seething stream of civil war, his voice was also the voice of Caroline, and through her - the voice of the South, in all the rich joyful life poured out of patriotic pride into this fateful struggle, with all the valor and steadfastness of this dark conflict, in all the darkness his misery and in all the sacred tenderness that clings to his memories. He was the poet of the Lost Cause, the best interpreter of the feelings and traditions of the magnificent heroism of a brave people. Moreover, in terms of his Catholic spirit, broad outlook and world sympathy, he is a real American poet. His poems are written in the blood of the poet and his generation. Patriotic fire, selfless sacrifice and glorious achievement sung in "Carolina," "Cry to Arms," "Unknown Dead," "Carmen Triumphale," "Charleston," "Storm and Calm," and other war poems were not only fast-paced a wave of sincere feelings of a noble people then, but also now are part of the glory and heritage of the South and the American Republic. These were the mighty heartbeats of that great era. They are now irrevocable history and make these poems part of America's unchanging literature.