The Hudson River in Literature: An AnthologyArthur G. Adams State University of New York Press, 30. jun. 1980 - 424 sider This lovingly prepared anthology contains an abundance of poems and excerpts from novels and essays describing the Hudson River, work and travel on it, and life alongside it before the twentieth century. Some of these documents are the creations of well-known writers such as Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman. Others were written by lesser-known writers whose work has long been out of print or available only as part of their collected works. From Whitman's "mast-hemm'd Manhattan" to Nathaniel Park Willis's "sabbath solitude" on upstate riverbanks, the modern reader will find still-accurate descriptions of the physical river itself. The many excerpts that describe particular aspects of Hudson life—Indian canoes, Dutch farms, steamboat excursions, and the majestic scenery—allow the modern reader to visualize the river at a time when it dominated life in eastern New York. By providing an especially vivid impression of New York State's history and heritage, this volume will fascinate and inform residents of the Hudson Valley and all those who love its river. |
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... seen , With aspect bold and rugged brow , That shade the neighboring main : These heights , for solitude design'd , This rude , resounding shore- These vales impervious to the wind , Tall oaks , that to the tempest bend , Half Druid , I ...
... seen , With aspect bold and rugged brow , That shade the neighboring main : These heights , for solitude design'd , This rude , resounding shore- These vales impervious to the wind , Tall oaks , that to the tempest bend , Half Druid , I ...
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... seen , ( With joy beheld once more ) On your firm base I take my stand , Tenacious of the shore : - Let those who pant for wealth or fame Pursue the watery road ; - Soft sleep and ease , blest days and nights , And health , attend these ...
... seen , ( With joy beheld once more ) On your firm base I take my stand , Tenacious of the shore : - Let those who pant for wealth or fame Pursue the watery road ; - Soft sleep and ease , blest days and nights , And health , attend these ...
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... seen every thing worth seeing , and eaten of every thing worth eating , in New York , the traveller may begin to prepare for the ineffable delights of the springs . After the month of April , oysters become I I James Kirke Paulding.
... seen every thing worth seeing , and eaten of every thing worth eating , in New York , the traveller may begin to prepare for the ineffable delights of the springs . After the month of April , oysters become I I James Kirke Paulding.
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... seen your baggage disposed of , and before the waiters have had time to shut the cabin doors , preparatory to laying the tables , station yourself in a proper situation for action at one of them . The inside is the best , for there you ...
... seen your baggage disposed of , and before the waiters have had time to shut the cabin doors , preparatory to laying the tables , station yourself in a proper situation for action at one of them . The inside is the best , for there you ...
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... seen the woodman , pitching his billet from the very edge down a precipice of hundreds of feet , whence it slides or bounds to the water's edge , and is received on board its destined vessel . At other points , half way up its sides you ...
... seen the woodman , pitching his billet from the very edge down a precipice of hundreds of feet , whence it slides or bounds to the water's edge , and is received on board its destined vessel . At other points , half way up its sides you ...
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Afloat and Ashore excerpts | 165 |
The Last of the Mohicans excerpts | 209 |
William Cullen Bryant | 218 |
Henry Wheeler Shaw Josh Billings | 303 |
Walt Whitman | 315 |
Susan Bogert Warner Elizabeth Wetherell | 321 |
Wallace Bruce Thrusty McQuill | 329 |
Hamilton Wright Mabie | 335 |
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