Author: BRYANT, William Cullen
Title: Autograph Quotation Signed (Aqs)
Description: 10 April 1877. Manuscript. The second stanza of Bryant's poem "The Battle-Field" in the poet's hand, SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated by him at the conclusion on a 5" x 8" sheet of paper. Bryant, who was a founder of the Republican Party and fervent supporter of Abraham Lincoln, commemorates the Civil War dead: Ah, never shall the land forget How gushed the life blood of her brave Gushed warm with hope and courage yet Upon the soil they fought to save. Minor wrinkling and creases from folding. Near Fine with an attractive engraved portrait of the poet .

Keywords: Signed, Civil War, William Cullen Bryant, Manuscript, Literary Autographs, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature Signed 19th Century American Literature Manuscript Literature: American


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