"Sonnets and Other Poems" by Henry Aylett Sampson, with an Introduction by John Calvin Metcalf, published by George Doran, New York, 1920. First Edition.

Original dust jacket [some wear and small damages], 5.1/4" x 7.3/4"; 160 pages, very good condition.

Poet Henry Aylett Sampson (1870-1920) was married to the great-granddaughter of George Keats - his wife was also a writer, as was her sister. They lived most of their adult lives in Richmond, VA.

The book contains poems, sonnets, ballads, many of them published for the first time. Some of the titles include: "Slave" of Michelangelo, Judas, Golgotha, Death of Sampson, In Arcady, An Old Sea Captain, After Manila, Down in Old Virginia, Far Away and Long Ago, Ju-Ju, The Wanderer, many more.

Professor for English Literature, UVA, John Calvin Metcalf was born in Kentucky and received degrees from Georgetown and Harvard. He succeeded Heath Dabney as dean of graduate studies in 1923, and remained in the position until 1938.

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