Hannah Flagg Gould | |
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| Born | September 3, 1789 Lancaster, Massachusetts |
| Died | September 5, 1865 Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Poet |
| 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]
- ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ Griswold 1852, p. 45.
- ^ American Unitarian Association 1912, p. 947.