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Hayne, Paul Hamilton

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Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1830–86), South Carolina author, called “the last literary cavalier,” was known before the Civil War for his nature poetry, published in Poems (1855), Sonnets and Other Poems (1857), and Avolio (1860). He was a leading member of the Russell's Bookstore Group and edited Russell's Magazine (1857–60). During the war he was too ill to serve in the army, and lived in poverty after his home was destroyed, but won fame for his martial lyrics. His fragile, charming poetry finds its best expression during the postwar period in his Legends and Lyrics (1872). He edited the poems of his friend Timrod and for this volume (1873) wrote a pathetic and penetrating introductory essay. He also wrote a life of H. S. Legaré (1878). His own Collected Poems was published in 1882.

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Paul Hamilton Hayne

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Paul Hamilton Hayne 1830–86, American poet, b. Charleston, S.C., grad. Charleston College. Considered the last of the Southern literary cavaliers, he wrote a book of nature poetry (1855) and edited Russel's Magazine (1857–60). He was left impoverished by the Civil War and took refuge on a small estate in Georgia. There he wrote Legends and Lyrics (1872), a collection of delicate, charming poems that is considered his most mature work.

Bibliography: See study by R. S. Moore (1972).

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