He would print these and nine more in his anthology, The Poets and Poetry of America, which was published by Carey and Hart on April 18, The anthology features ninety-one writers, selected verses, and brief biographical sketches of each writer. Edgar Allan Poe was given an inaccurate portrayal and only had three of his poems featured By May , he was in Philadelphia In November , however, his world seemingly ended. On the ninth of November, while staying in a hotel in Philadelphia, he received word that his wife, who had just given birth to their third child, a son, had died from an unknown cause.
His son passed as well The watchers urged him to try to sleep, but he answered them by kissing the cold lips of his dead wife and embracing her. You knew her my friend—she was my good angel—she was the first to lead me from a cheerless, lonely life, to society…She was not only the best of wives, but the best of mothers. You have seen our dear children—she taught them as children are rarely taught, and when she went her way they were left by her at the feet of Christ, at the very gate of heaven…They will bury her then [ that day]—bury my dear Caroline and my child from my sight!
Alas for me, I shall never more have a home to fly to in my sorrows—never more a comforter in my afflictions—never more a partner to share in all my woes or to be a source and author of all my pleasures…May God forever keep you from all such sorrow—farewell The funeral took place on November 11, with the procession moving to Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. The poem can be found here.
I dreamed night after night of our reunion. In a fit of madness I went to New York. The vault where she is sleeping is nine miles from the city. I went to it: the sexton unclosed it: and I went down alone into that silent chamber.
I kneeled by her side and prayed, and then, with my own hand, unfastened the coffin lid, turned aside the drapery that hid her face, and saw the terrible changes made by Death and Time. I kissed for the last time her cold black forehead—I cut off locks of her beautiful hair, damp with the death dews, and sunk down in senseless agony beside the ruin of all that was dearest in the world.
In the evening, a friend from the city, who had learned where I was gone, found me there, my face still resting on her own, and my body as lifeless and cold as that before me. In all this I know I have acted against reason; but as I look back upon it it seems that I have been influenced by some power too strong to be opposed.
Through the terrible scenes of the week I have been wonderfully calm, and my strength has not failed me, though it is long since I have slept. I go forth today a changed man. I realize at length that she is dead. I turn my gaze from the past to the future Despite his broken heart, Griswold persevered knowing that he had to take care of his little girls and continue working.
He continued compiling and publishing anthological volumes of poetry and stories, compiled from both American and English writers. Ironically, he also became one of the strongest advocates for copyright laws in the s, organizing the American Copyright Club with other writers and friends, including Charles Fenno Hoffman Despite keeping busy, Griswold found himself in need of a woman by his side. It was in the summer of when he met his second wife, Charlotte Meyers, a wealthy Jewess from Charleston, South Carolina, according to Bayless Griswold, aged twenty-nine, and Meyers, aged fifty-five, married August 20, Unhappy in his new marriage, Griswold left Meyers with the agreement that she keep his little daughter, Caroline, whom she loved and cared for deeply.
Just as things were looking worse, he published another notable volume, The Prose Writers of America, on March 3, He did not consider this work as being one of his strongest; however, it proved to be positive for Poe who received the greatest praise, along with Nathaniel Hawthorne Poe are peculiar and impressive.
He has a great deal of imagination and fancy, and his mind is in the highest degree analytical…The reader of Mr. Seventy-two writers were featured in the book; however, only five were women, including Margaret Fuller, who was treated with contempt, according to Bayless Meanwhile, an eighth edition of The Poets and Poetry of America was issued, where he spoke well of Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Poe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, revising previous statements he had printed in the seventh edition In fall of , he was involved in a controversy with the Reverend Joel T.
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