Hannah Flagg Gould

Hannah Flagg Gould
Born(1789-09-03)September 3, 1789
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Died(1865-09-05)September 5, 1865
Newburyport, Massachusetts
OccupationPoet
Notable work"A Name in the Sand"
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Hannah Flagg Gould (September 3, 1789 – September 5, 1865) was a 19th-century American poet. Her father had been a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and after her mother's death, she became his constant companion, which accounts for the patriotism of her earlier verses.[1] Gould's poems were short, but they were frequently nearly perfect in their kind.[neutrality is disputed] Nearly all of them appeared originally in annuals, magazines, and other miscellanies, and their popularity was shown by the subsequent sale of several collective editions.[2] Her work exercised a helpful influence in its day, but lacked staying qualities. The high-water mark of her verse was reached in the poem entitled "A Name in the Sand".[3]

  1. ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Gould, Benjamin" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  2. ^ Griswold 1852, p. 45.
  3. ^ American Unitarian Association 1912, p. 947.