Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? [IN THE RARE DUST JACKET]
de Knox, William; [Illustrations, Humphrey, Miss L. B. (Engraved by John Andrew & Son, Boston)]
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NOTE PER WIKIPEDIA: William Knox (17 August 1789 12 November 1825) was a Scottish poet. He is known for writing Abraham Lincoln's favorite poem, Mortality (O, Why Should The Spirit Of Mortal Be Proud?), which, as noted above, Lincoln often recited by memory. In 1812 Knox leased the farm of Wrae, near Langholm, Dumfriesshire, and farmed unsuccessfully - mainly due to the lack of a capital needed to render the farm sufficiently productive - from 1812 to 1817; then he turned to writing poems, encouraged by both Christopher North and Sir Walter Scott.
Despite having farmed for only five years, he earned the approbation of the intelligent agriculturists in Dumfriesshire, who considered Knox as a man well fitted to excel as a farmer. He was greatly esteemed and highly praised by all of his neighbours for his generosity as a man and for his worth as a friend. During his farming years, Knox never lost his interest in poetry and literature. By 1817 - when he ceased farming - he was deeply read in the British poets, both ancient and contemporary. In 1817 he composed the greater number of the pieces contained in his first work, "The Lonely Hearth and other Poems". By that time he also had become a good literary critic, not only of poetry but also of other English literature, and had exercised his talents in different styles of composition. At about that time, he wrote unpublished poems entitled "The Influence of Love over the other Passions" and "The Father's Cottage." Later in life he wrote several books of poetry, including "The Lonely Hearth" (1818); and "The Songs of Israel" (1824), which contains "Mortality (O, Why Should The Spirit Of Mortal Be Proud?), "The Harp of Zion" (1825); and latter worked as a journalist in Edinburgh. Both Sir Walter Scott and Professor John Wilson (Christopher North) of Edinburgh, had a high opinion of Knox as a man and as a poet with "fascinating conversational powers and general literary information". In 1820 Knox moved to Edinburgh. From then until shortly before his death many of his small works of prose and verse appeared in various periodicals. He was a frequent contributor to the Literary Gazette. He wrote a Christmas tale entitled "Marianne or the Widower's Daughter" and also "A Visit to Dublin". At the beginning of 1823 he visited his brother Walter in Ireland, and remained there for about twelve months. During that visit he composed "The Songs of Israel" (published soon after his return to Edinburgh in 1824). His next and last publication was "The Harp of Zion" which was published in April 1825 and written only a few months before its publication.
Notably, William Knox's memory was so powerful that once, when a bookseller mislaid the manuscript of The Harp of Zion, he is said to have sat down and in two or three days re-written the whole poem from his recollection (the only trouble it cost him being the manual labour). He scarcely ever altered the first draft of his compositions, as he believed that the first draft was generally the best.
Robert Southey, a Romantic English poet and Poet Laureate from 1813 until 1843, wrote to Knox on 19 August 1824:
Your little volume has been safely delivered to me by your friend Mr G. Macdonald, and I thank you for it. It has given me great pleasure. To paraphrase sacred poetry is the most difficult of all tasks, and it appears to me that you have been more successful in the attempt than any of your predecessors. You may probably have heard that the Bishop of Calcutta ... was engaged in forming a collection of hymns and sacred pieces, with the hope of having them introduced into our English churches. Some of yours are so well adapted to that object that I will send out a copy of your book to him. I cannot but wish that talents and feelings such as yours were employed in the ministry of the gospel, where you would find your happiness in the performance of your duty you are young enough to think of this.
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- Título
- Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? [IN THE RARE DUST JACKET]
- Autor
- Knox, William; [Illustrations, Humphrey, Miss L. B. (Engraved by John Andrew & Son, Boston)]
- Ilustrador
- Humphrey, L. B.
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good +
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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- Unstated
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- Lee and Shepard; Charles T. Dillingham
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- Boston; New York
- Fecha de publicación
- Presumed 1877
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- Poetry;
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