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Poems

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Hermione Wheaton Literature Journal

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00887
Scope and Contents

Journal of stories and poems by Alice Hermione Wheaton (b. 1849) of Hell Gate, New York. It is not clear if the entries were copied or authored by Wheaton. The title on the front page is "Scraps No. 1 by Hermione Wheaton."

Dates: circa 1860-1880
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Williamsburg Poems

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01194
Scope and Contents

Three poems related to Williamsburg.  "Lay of the Lost Lion" by Cynthia Beverley Tucker Coleman, originally in the Williamsburg Garden Club's 1932 "Williamsburg Scrapbook."  "The Pulaski Club of Williamsburg, VA, Its origin and fame and how it got its name" by the History Committee.  "My God, They've sold the town" a poem about John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s purchasing houses in Williamsburg.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Gilbert M. Woodward Poem

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00716
Scope and Contents

Poem, circa 1864, written by Gilbert M. Woodward. The poem is a humorous look at the role of the printer in the Civil War, and begins "Hail and Thrice Hail Ye Craftsman, / Knights of the Stick and the Rule, / Who through the fiery storm of war / With purpose high and courage cool / the fearful brunt of battle bore..." Throughout the poem, Woodward references the battles in which his unit, the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers, participated. A transcription of the poem is also included.

Dates: circa 1864
Found in: Special Collections Research Center