American poet (1803-1844) Sumner Lincoln Fairfield

Sumner Lincoln Fairfield (June 25, 1803 – March 6, 1844) was an American poet, born in Warwick, M*achusetts to Dr. Abner Fairfield and Lucy Lincoln. From 1818 to 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 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."

Contents

• 1 Principal works
• 2 Notes
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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 P*age 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

Notes

References

• 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 Retrieved December 29, 2008
• "Fairfield, Sumner Lincoln" American Authors 1600-1900, The H. W. Wilson Company, 1938
• Hughes, Thomas Patrick, and Frank Munsell. American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. 1776. (pp.:69–70) Albany, N.Y.: Munsell, 1887. googlebooks Retrieved December 29, 2008

External links

• archive.org