Sumner Lincoln Fairfield

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Sumner Lincoln Fairfield (June 25, 1803 – March 6, 1844) American poet born in Warwick, Massachusetts to Dr. Abner Fairfield and Lucy Lincoln. From 1818 – 1820 he studied at Brown University but he was compelled to leave after 2 years. He taught school in Georgia and South Carolina. In December of 1825 he spent 4 months in England and when he returned he married Jane Frazee on September 20, 1826. Sumner had a very sensitive and melancholy personality and according to his wife Jane, "His nature was haughty, unbending, and reserved; he could not brook personal or newspaper attacks. I have seen him writhe under mental pain even upon a criticism of a poem." (Fairfield, p. 54) [1]

[edit] Principal works

  • The Battle of Borodino. 1821
  • The Siege of Constantinople A Poem. 1822
  • Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Lucy Fairfield. 1823
  • Poems. 1823
  • Lays of Melpomene. 1824
  • Mina A Dramatic Sketch, with Other Poems. 1825
  • The Sisters of St. Clara. 1825
  • The Passage of the Sea A Poem : with Other Pieces. 1826
  • The Heir of the World, And Lesser Poems. 1829
  • Abaddon, the Spirit of Destruction; And Other Poems. 1830
  • The Last Night of Pompeii A Poem, and Lays and Legends. 1832
  • The Poems and Prose Writings of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield In Two Volumes ; Vol. I. 1841

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fairfield, Jane Frazee, and Sumner Lincoln Fairfield. The Autobiography of Jane Fairfield; Embracing a Few Select Poems by Sumner Lincoln Fairfield. Boston: Bazin and Ellsworth, 1860. googlebooks.com
  • "Fairfield, Sumner Lincoln" American Authors 1600-1900, The H. W. Wilson Company, 1938

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