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Published Poetry

The Echo, with Other Poems.

Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.

Call Number 

PS703 .A5 E4

Publication Date 

1807

Subject: 

United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1809 -- Poetry.

 

A Poem; Sacred to the Memory of George Washington: Late President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States. Adapted to the 22d of Feb. 1800.

Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.

Call Number 

PS703 .A5 P74

Publication Date 

1800

Subject: 

Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Poetry.

 

Browning's Shorter Poems: [Program of] Lectures by Professor Odell Shepard of Trinity College ...

Bard and Sage Study Club (Hartford, Conn.)

Call Number 

LC5201 .B3

Publication Date 

1922

 

The Vision of Columbus: a Poem in Nine Books.

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812.

Call Number 

PS704 .V58

Publication Date 

1787

Edition 

First edition

Subject: 

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry.

 

Among the Daisies: Poems, Old and New.

Beach, Edith.

Call Number 

PN6110 .F6 A7

Publication Date 

1884

 

The Connecticut Wits, and Other Essays.

Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin), 1847-1926.

Call Number 

824 BEE

Publication Date 

1920

The Land of Dreams: Twenty Poems.

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Call Number 

PR4142 B3 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1928

 

Nowhere But Here.

Blanco, Richard, 1968-

Call Number 

PS3552 .L36533 N69 2004

Publication Date 

2004

 

Occasional Pieces of Poetry.

Brainard, John G. C.

Call Number 

PS1120 .B8 O3

Publication Date 

1825

 

War-Lyrics and Other Poems.

Brownell, Henry Howard, 1820-1872.

Call Number 

E647 .B88

Format: 

Electronic Resources (Print Version Record).

Publication Date 

1866

Language 

English

Subject: 

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry.

 

The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul: a Poem.

Burgess, George, 1809-1866.

Call Number 

PS1206 .B7 M3

Publication Date 

1834

 

Higher Than Hills: Latest Poems.

Burton, Richard, 1861-1940.

Call Number 

PS1229 .B6 H5

Publication Date 

1937

 

Literary Likings.

Burton, Richard, 1861-1940.

Call Number 

PN511 .B8

Publication Date 

1898

 

Memorial Day: and Other Poems.

Burton, Richard, 1861-1940.

Call Number 

PS1229 .B6 M4

Publication Date 

1897

Subject: 

Memorial Day -- Poetry.

 

Poems of Earth's Meaning.

Burton, Richard, 1861-1940.

Call Number 

PS1229 .B6 P6 1917 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1917

 

Poems.

Bushnell, Frances Louisa.

Call Number 

PS3503 .U785 P6

Publication Date 

1900

 

Of Frogs and Stars: Poems.

Cahill, Thomas Francis.

Call Number 

PS3553 .A17 1960 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1960

 

Roses in My Patches, Poems.

Carpentieri, C. Louis, 1916-1943.

Call Number 

PS3505 .A743 R6

Publication Date 

1948

 

No Sects in Heaven and Other Poems. 

Cleaveland, Elizabeth H. Jocelyn, 1824-1911.

Call Number 

PS1299 .C9 1900 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1900

 

The Poets of Transcendentalism; an Anthology, with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes.

Cooke, George Willis, 1848-1923, editor.

Call Number 

PS607 .C7 1971 HCOLL OVERSIZE

Publication Date 

1971

 

Poems.

Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892.

Call Number 

PS1390 .A2 1861 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1861

 

Christian Ballads.

Coxe, A. Cleveland (Arthur Cleveland), 1818-1896.

Call Number 

PS1449 .C6 C5 1888

Publication Date 

1887-1888

Edition 

A new edition, with additions.

 

Isaac Abbott: a Ballad of Hartford, North America.

Cranch, E. P. (Edward Pope)

Call Number 

M1630.3 .I75 I75

Publication Date 

1886

Subject: 

Hartford (Conn.) -- Poetry.

 

Queen Summer: or, The Tourney of the Lily & the Rose.

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915.

Call Number 

NC1115 .C92 1891 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1891

 

McAroni Ballads, and Other Verses.

Daly, T. A. (Thomas Augustine), 1871-1948.

Call Number 

PS3507 .A47 M25 1919 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1919

 

Poems.

Dodd, Mary Ann Hanmer.

Call Number 

PS1543 .D55

Publication Date 

1844

 

A Little Book of Little Poems.

Drake, James S.

Call Number 

PS3507 .R25 L5

Publication Date 

1907

 

I found My Love: Being a Collection of Poems and Other Bits of Literary Outbursts.

Duffy, John J. (John Joseph), 1931-

Call Number 

PS3507 .U55 I5

Publication Date 

1951

 

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras.

Fabre d'Olivet, Antoine, 1767-1825.

Call Number 

PA4407 .P5 F3

Publication Date 

1917

 

The Season's Difference: and Other Poems. 

Fandel, John, 1925-

Call Number 

PS3511 .A72 S42

Publication Date 

1948

 

Poems for the Seasons.

Fellows, Douglas M.

Call Number 

PS3511 .E46 P6

Publication Date 

1968

 

Modern Verse: British and American.

Forbes, Anita P.

Call Number 

PR1224 .M6 1921

Publication Date 

1921

 

Beyond the Weeping Willow Tree.

Frascadore, Henry C.

Call Number 

PS3611 .R73 B49 2011

Publication Date 

2011

 

Conversations After Sunset.

Frascadore, Henry C.

Call Number 

PS3611 .R73 C66 2013

Publication Date

2013

 

Sugar Maple and Other Poems.

French, Charles Sheldon.

Call Number 

PS3511 .R53 S8 1899

Publication Date 

1899

Edition 

Second edition

 

The Magic Badge: Poems, 1953-1984.

Friedman, Norman.

Call Number 

PS3556.R535

Publication Date 

1984

 

Death in April & Other Poems.

Gill, Brendan, 1914-1997.

Call Number 

PS3513 .G29 D4

Publication Date 

1935

 

Industry and Opportunity.

Goodwin, Sage.

Call Number 

PS3557 .O6238 I53 1999 OVERSIZE

Publication Date 

1999

 

Spring Comes to Connecticut.

Gray, Mary.

Call Number 

PS3513 .R3756 S78

Publication Date 

1936

Subject: 

Connecticut -- Poetry.

 

The Early English Carols.

Greene, Richard Leighton, editor.

Call Number 

PR1195 .C2 G7

Publication Date 

1935

Subject: 

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500.

 

Connecticut Portal.

Hammerslough, Freda Haas, Mrs.

Call Number 

PS3515 .A4343 C6 1935 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1935

Subject: 

Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period -- Poetry.

 

America's First Negro Poet: the Complete Works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island.

Hammon, Jupiter, 1711-approximately 1800.

Call Number 

PS767 .H26 1970

Publication Date 

1970

Subject: 

African Americans -- Poetry.

 

A Few Tree Rhymes.

Hansling, Ruby Church.

Call Number 

PS3515 .A49 F49 1936 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1936

Subject: 

Trees -- Poetry

 

Dear Sweetheart of Mine: and Other Poems.

Harris, Herbert, active 1945.

Call Number 

PS3515 .A75 H27 1945

Publication Date 

1945

Edition 

First edition

 

I Will Have None of Winter: Selected Poems and Prose.

Heineman, Judith Brainerd, 1939-1966.

Call Number 

PS3515 .E26 I9

Publication Date 

1970

 

Poems.

Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835.

Call Number 

PR4780 .A1 1827 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1827

Edition 

Third American edition

 

Waterscapes: a Sampler of Poetry.

Holdt, David.

Call Number 

PS586 .W27 1989

Publication Date 

1989

 

Later Poems.

Howard, Hattie.

Call Number 

PS2014 .H14 .L3

Publication Date 

1887

 

Poems.

Howard, Hattie.

Call Number 

PS2014 .H14 P7

Publication Date 

1886

 

Come Follow: Poems of Cries and Calls.

Kenney, Joseph Francis.

Call Number 

PS3561 .E45 A17 1980 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1980

Edition 

First edition

 

Herb Woman: and Other Poems.

Koenig, Eleanor O'Rourke.

Call Number 

PS3521 .O315 H4

Publication Date 

1926

 

The Legend of Hartford.

Koenig, Eleanor O'Rourke.

Call Number 

PS3521 .O315 L4 1935 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1935

Subject: 

Hartford (Conn.) -- Poetry.

 

 

Works (Cont.)

The Praise and the Praised. [Poems]

Lepore, Dominick J.

Call Number 

PS3523 .E72 P7 1955 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1955

 

Haberdasher's Daughter.

Levine, Suzanne.

Call Number 

PS3562 .H33 L48

Publication Date 

2010

 

At Last the Classy Collection of Catastrophic Poems.

Lockett, Ebone.

Call Number 

PN6110.C4 L6 1989 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1989

 

More Swift Than Wind.

Marshall, Caroline Clark.

Call Number 

PS3563 .A72 M6

Publication Date 

1965

 

Seasons of Life: Poetry.

Metzner, Joan, Sister.

Call Number 

PS3563 .E752 S4

Publication Date 

1981

 

A time for Balloons: Poetry.

Metzner, Joan, Sister.

Call Number 

PS3563 .E752 T5

Publication Date 

1984

 

Selected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950, author.

Call Number 

PS3525 .I495 A6 2016

Publication Date 

2016

Edition 

An annotated edition.

 

Three Genres: the Writing of Poetry, Fiction, and Drama.

Minot, Stephen.

Call Number 

PN145 .M5 1971

Publication Date 

1971

 

Time of Year: a First Book of Poems.

Morse, Samuel French, 1916-1985.

Call Number 

PS3525 .O77733 T5

Publication Date 

1943

 

The Charter Oak.

Newcomb, Lydia Bolles, 1835-1908.

Call Number 

F94.5 .N45

Publication Date 

1907

Subject: 

Connecticut -- History -- Poetry.

 

 

Looking for History: Poems.

Ogden, Hugh, 1937-

Call Number 

PS3565 .G45 L66

Publication Date 

1991

 

The National Preceptor, or, Selections in Prose and Poetry: Designed for the use of Schools and Academies.

Olney, J. (Jesse), 1798-1872.

Call Number 

PE1120 .O42 1844

Publication Date 

1844

 

Race with Death: a Collection of Poems.

Parker-Smith, Caroline, 1897-1938.

Call Number 

PS3531 .A2653 R3

Publication Date 

1939

Edition 

First edition

 

Essays: Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose. and Poetry

Plato, Ann.

Call Number 

PS2593 .P347 E83

Publication Date 

1841

 

Essays: Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Poetry.

Plato, Ann.

Call Number 

PS2593 .P347

Publication Date 

1988

 

A Collection of Short Lyrics.

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.

Call Number 

PG3347 .A17 P2 1936

Publication Date 

1936

 

The New City.

Putnam, Albert D.

Call Number 

F104.H3 P8 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1966

Edition 

First edition

Subject: 

Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- Poetry.

 

This Pleasant Land.

Putnam, Albert D.

Call Number 

PS3566 .U86 T5

Publication Date 

1985

Subject: 

Striped bass fishing -- Poetry.

 

Rhymes of Old Plimouth.

Randall, Herbert.

Call Number 

PS3535 .A3915 .R56

Publication Date 

1921

 

Memorias de la Amante Infiel = Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover.

Reyna, Bessy.

Call Number 

PQ7529.2 .R4 M46 2010

Publication Date 

2010

Edition 

First edition

 

The Golden Chariot and Victory Verse.

Robertson, Lafayette Janes, 1896-

Call Number 

PS3535 .O17987 G6

Publication Date 

1946

Edition 

Limited edition

Subject: 

War poetry.

 

Violet Rays and Other Poems.

Robertson, Olive Allen.

Call Number 

PS3535 .O1825 V53

Publication Date 

1938

 

Blues and Ballads of a Black Yankee: a Journey with Sad Sam.

Rogers, J. Overton (James Overton).

Call Number 

PS3568 .O44 B5 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1965

Edition 

First edition

Subject: 

African Americans -- Poetry.

 

Feisal and Anita: Sonnet-Sequence.

Ruskin, Henry.

Call Number 

PS3535 .U66 F4

Publication Date 

1939

 

Inside an Inspiration: Poems for John Mark Russell.

Russell, Patrick.

Call Number 

PR9265.9 .R9 I57

Publication Date 

1979

 

Modern Verse: Book 1.

Smith, Albert S.

Call Number 

PR1224 .M6 1939

Publication Date 

1939

Edition 

Revised.

 

Poems of a Busy Mother.

Smith, Vera Keevers.

Call Number 

PS3537 .M58 P6

Publication Date 

1959

 

Itzy and Me and Other Short Stories and Poems.

Spector, Helen.

Call Number 

PS3539 .S64 I89

Publication Date

Unknown.  Published in Connecticut. Publisher unidentified.

 

Remembered Years: Collected Poems.

Spencer, Martha Linsley, 1875-1954.

Call Number 

PS3569 .P45 R4

Publication Date 

1954

 

Hawthorne and Other Poems.

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.

Call Number 

PS2914 .H3 1877

Publication Date 

1877

 

Poems, Lyric and Idyllic.

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.

Call Number 

PS2914 .P6 1869

Publication Date 

1869

Edition 

Fifth edition

 

Poems Now First Collected .

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.

Call Number 

PS2914 .P62 1897

Publication Date 

1897

 

The Prince's Ball: a Brochure. From"Vanity Fair".

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.

Call Number 

PS2914 .P7 1860

Publication Date 

1860

 

Religious Poems.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.

Call Number 

PS2954 .R5 1867

Publication Date 

1867

Edition 

First edition

 

The String of Diamonds: Gathered from Many Lands by a Gem Fancier.

Call Number 

PR1109 .S7 1857

Publication Date 

1857

Edition 

Hartford: W.J. Hammersley

New edition, revised and enlarged.

 

99 Patches

Summers, Lucy Cooper, 1920-1995.

Call Number 

PS3569 .U389 N5

Publication Date 

1969

 

Poems and Writings of Henry Wyllys Taylor of Hartford.

Taylor, Henry Wyllys, 1822-1894.

Call Number 

PS2999 .T26 P63

Publication Date 

1895

 

As the Spirit Moved: a Collection of Short Poems.

Thompson, Arthur R. (Arthur Ripley), 1872-

Call Number 

PS3539 .T46 A8

Publication Date 

1950

 

Life and Letters of Joel Barlow, LL.D., Poet, Statesman, Philosopher, with Extracts from His Works and Hitherto Unpublished Poems.

Todd, Charles Burr, 1849-1928.

Call Number 

PS705 .T6 1886 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1886

 

The Faerie Queene.

Tonkin, Humphrey.

Call Number 

PR2358 .T58

Publication Date 

1989

Language 

English

 

The Commuter Nation: Perspectives on Puerto Rican Migration.

Torre, Carlos Antonio.

Call Number 

JV7381 .C66 1994

Publication Date 

1994

Edition 

First edition

Subject: 

Vega / Efrain Barradas -- Sandra Maria Esteves' Poetic Work: Demythicizing Puerto Rican Poetry in the US

 

The Connecticut Number of The Troubadour.

Troubadour.

Call Number 

PS253 .C8 T75

Publication Date 

1932

Subject: 

Poetry Club of Hartford (Hartford, Conn.)

 

M'Fingal: an Epic Poem.

Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.

Call Number 

PS852 .M3

Publication Date 

1791

Subject: 

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry.

 

M'Fingal: a Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos.

Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.

Call Number 

PS852 .M3 1810

Publication Date 

1810

Edition 

The Second Edition, with Plates, and Explanatory Notes.

Subject: 

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry.

 

M'Fingal: a Modern Epic Poem.

Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.

Call Number 

PS852 .M3 1856

Publication Date 

1856

Subject: 

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry.

 

Satiric Poems: The Progress of Dulness and M'Fingal.

Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.

Call Number 

PS852 .S24 1962

Publication Date 

1962

Language 

English

Subject: 

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry.

 

Lost and Found: Rhyming Verse Honoring African American Heroes.

Turner, Jennifer Smith.

Call Number 

PS3620 .T87 L67 2006 OVERSIZE

Publication Date 

2006

 

Mark Twain's San Francisco.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Call Number 

F869 .S3 T9 1963

Publication Date 

1963

Edition 

First edition

 

On the Poetry of Mark Twain: with Selections from his Verse.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Call Number 

PS1302 .S3

Publication Date 

1966

 

Obras Completas [Complete works].

Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616.

Call Number 

PQ6391 .A1 2015 VOL. 1

Publication Date 

2015

Subject: 

Spanish poetry.

 

All of Me: Poems.

Virgo, Asata.

Call Number 

LB3621 .V57 A6

Publication Date 

1990

 

Night Sky with Exit Wounds.

Vuong, Ocean.

Call Number 

PS3622 .U96 A6 2016

Publication Date 

2016

 

Heart on My Sleeve.

Whitney, N. H.

Call Number 

PS3545 .H836 H4

Publication Date 

1942

 

As Inspired: Poems Written.

Wood, Irina W.

Call Number 

PS3545 .O467 A7

Publication Date 

1969

 

Selected Poems.

Zimnotch, Lucille A.

Call Number 

PS3576 .I5145 A6 1977 HCOLL

Publication Date 

1977


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