"Lenore,"--_Bürger_.
GOTTFRIED AUGUST BÜRGER, an eminent German poet, was born at
Molmerswende, near Ballenstedt, Anhalt, December 31, 1747 (or January 1,
1748), and died in Göttingen, June 8, 1794. He wrote: "The Parson's
Daughter," "The Wild Huntsman," "The Song of the Brave Man," "Kaiser and
Abbot," "The Robber Count," "The Wives of Weinsberg," and his most
famous ballad, "Lenore."
"Isn't God upon the ocean
Just the same as on the land?"
"The Tempest,"--_James Thomas Fields_.
JAMES THOMAS FIELDS, a noted American publisher and author, was born at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, December 31, 1817, and died in Boston, April
24, 1881. He published: "Underbrush," "Yesterdays with Authors," etc.
In winter, when the dismal rain
Comes down in slanting lines,
And Wind, that grand old harper, smote
His thunder-harp of pines.
"A Life Drama," Sc. ii,--_Alexander Smith_.
ALEXANDER SMITH, a famous Scottish poet, was born in Kilmarnock,
December 31, 1830, and died at Wardie, near Edinburgh, January 5, 1867.
Among his poetical works are: "City Poems," "Edwin of Deira," and "A
Life Drama," his most famous work. His prose works include: "Miss Oona
McQuarrie," "Alfred Hagart's Household," "Dreamthorpe," "A Summer in
Skye," etc.