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Author

Hunter, Anne, Mrs. John. (nee Home, 1770-1844).

Title

Poems.

Imprint

London : Printed for T. Payne. 1802.

Physical description

viii,122,[2]p. Errata. Marbled boards, rebacked.

Call number

WPRP 41.

Citation

Jackson, Annals of English Verse. p. 264; CBEL, II, 2027.

Notes

Anne Home, afterwards, Hunter, 1742-1821, described in NUC as "Supposed author of 'The Death Song of the Cherokee Indians'." Contains "To the Memory of Chatterton," "Elegy to the memory of William Seward," and "The Death Song of the Cherokee Indians," mentioned above. A note to this last poem gives some account of its origins : "The idea of this ballad was suggested several years ago by hearing a gentleman, who had resided several years in America amongst the tribe or nation called the Cherokees, sing a wild air, which he assured me it was customary for these people to chant with a barbarous jargon, implying contempt for their enemies in the moments of torture and death...We look upon the fierce and stubborn courage of the dying Indian with a mixture of respect, pity, and horror; and it is to these sensations excited in the mind of the reader, that the Death Song must owe its effect."

Citation

Jackson, Annals of English Verse. p. 264; CBEL, II, 2027.

Notes

Includes Dedication and "The Author to the Reader."

Epigraph

none

Online copies

Hathi Trust

Digital copy and transcription at UC Davis

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