The American Tradition in Literature

American appeared beauty better Billy Billy Budd breath called Captain Vere colonial Copyright dark death Deerslayer Deism divine door earth Edgar Allan Poe edition Emerson England Ethan Brand eyes face faith father flowers foretopman Franklin Giovanni give hand hath Hawk-eye head heard heart heaven Herman Melville holy human Indian James Russell Lowell John land leave Leaves of Grass Ligeia light live look Magua Major Molineux master-at-arms matter means ment mind Moby-Dick nature never night Oberlus once pass person poem poet poor Puritan Reprinted by permission Robert Lowell Robin sailor seemed sense ship slave song soon soul spirit stand stars strange sweet tell thee things thou thought tion truth voice vols W. D. Snodgrass woods words writing young youth