"1 - Born in the USA - The New England Poets - An Introduction2 - June by Horatio Alger Jr3 - On the Discoveries of Captain Lewis, January 14th 1807 by Joel Barlow4 - America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates5 - If You Could Come by Katharine Lee Bates6 - Above the Battle by Katherine Lee Bates7 - Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves by William Stanley Braithwaite8 - A Hymn of the Sea by William Cullen Bryant9 - Summer Wind by William Cullen Bryant10 - November by William Cullen Bryant11 - I Would Not Paint a Picture by Emily Dickinson12 - I Have a Bird in Spring by Emily Dickinson13 - The Name of it is Autumn by Emily Dickinson14 - Some Too Fragile for Winter Winds by Emily Dickinson15 - I Went to Heaven by Emily Dickinson16 - Credo by W E B Du Bois17 - Teach Me I Am Forgotten by the Dead by Ralph Waldo Emerson18 - Waves by Ralph Waldo Emerson19 - Culture by Ralph Waldo Emerson20 - Berrying by Ralph Waldo Emerson21 - Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson22 - Tenebris by Angelina Weld Grimké23 - The Black Finger by Angelina Weld Grimke24 - The Eyes of My Regret by Angelina Weld Grimké25 - In the Reading Room of the British Museum by Louise Imogen Guiney26 - Address to the Moon by Nathaniel Hawthorne27 - The Ocean by Nathamiel Hawthorne28 - Go to the Grave by Nathaniel Hawthorne29 - The Old Man of the Sea by Oliver Wendell Holmes30 - Prologue by Oliver Wendell Holmes31 - Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes32 - A Calender of Sonnets - December by Helen Hunt Jackson33 - A Calender of Sonnets - January by Helen Hunt Jackson34 - A Calendar of Sonnets - September by Helen Hunt Jackson35 - Octobers Bright Blue Weather by Helen Hunt Jackson36 - In London Town by Walter Learned37 - The Slave's Singing at Midnight by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow38 - Song of Haiwatha (Extract) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow39 - An April Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow40 - Loss and Gain by Henry Wadswoth Longfellow41 - A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow42 - Despair by H P Lovecraft43 - Sunset by H P Lovecraft44 - Ode for July 4th 1917 by H P Lovecraft45 - Pacifist War Song - 1917 by H P Lovecraft46 - Providence by H P Lovecraft47 - In a Garden by Amy Lowell48 - Dog Days by Amy Lowell49 - Monadnock in Early Spring by Amy Lowell50 - The Crescent Moon by Amy Lowell51 - March Evening by Amy Lowell52 - The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell53 - Above and Below by James Russell Lowell54 - Of the Dawn of Freedom by James Russell Lowell55 - To H W L on His Birthday 27th February 1867 by James Russell Lowell56 - Slaves by James Russell Lowell57 - The Red Cross Nurses by Thomas L Masson58 - A December Day by Robert Fuller Murray59 - Warren's Address by John Pierpoint60 - The Economy of Slavery by John Pierpoint61 - Hymn for the First of August by John Pierpoint62 - Prayer for the Slave by John Pierpoint63 - The Natives of America by Ann Plato64 - Reflections, Written on Visiting the Grave of a Venerated Friend by Ann Plato65 - A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe66 - Dreamland by Edgar Allan Poe67 - The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe68 - Sonnet - Silence by Edgar Allan Poe69 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe70 - Luke Havergal by Edwin Arlington Robinson71 - Mr Flood's Party by Edwin Arlington Robinson72 - The Children of the Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson73 - The Flying Dutchman by Edwin Arlington Robinson74 - In November by Phillip Henry Savage75 - Shakespeare by Philip Henry Savage76 - Here by the Brimming April Streams by Phillip Savage77 - Rhyme of the Rail by John Godfrey Saxe78 - Casey at the Bat by Ernest L Thayer79 - What's the Railroad to Me by Henry David Thoreau80 - Pray to What Earth Does this Sweet Cold Belong by Henry David Thoreau81 - Woof of the Sun by Henry David Thoreau82 - The Moon by Henry David Thoreau83 - Stanzas for the First of August by James Monroe Whitfield84 - To.... by James Monroe Whitfield85 - Ode for the 4th of July by James Monroe Whitfield86 - Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, 1862 by John Greenleaf Whittier87 - A Word for the Hour by John Greenleaf Whittier88 - Snow-Bound (The Sun That Brief December Day) by John Greenleaf Whittier89 - September by Carlos Wilcox90 - January the 1st 1828 by Nathaniel Parker Willis91 - I H B Died August 11th 1898 by William Winter92 - The Ship That Never Returned by Henry Clay Work93 - Come Home Father by Henry Clay Work"
"The Fourth of July - A Holiday in Verse. On 29th November 1775 Thomas Jefferson said "Believe me, dear Sir, there is not, in the British Empire, a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But, by the God that made me, I will cease to exist, before I yield to such a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose, and in this I think I speak the sentiments of America". The War for Independence had already started some months previously and with no prospect of a reconciliation it was on the 4th of July 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was announced by the Continental Congress and that the thirteen colonies no longer considered themselves part of the British Empire and were now an Independent Nation - The United States of America. Their proclamation of independence set human history on a new path. "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights that amongst these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Here our poets reflect on why this day is so proudly celebrated each and every year."
