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Henry Livingston Jr. Poems

  • 1819 New Year's Carrier's Address
    Believe me, dear patrons, I have wand'red too far,
    Without any compass, or planet or star;
    My dear native village I scarcely can see
    So I'll hie to my hive like the tempest-tost bee. ...
  • Letter Sent To Master Timmy Dwight
    Master Timmy brisk and airy
    Blythe as Oberon the fairy
    On thy head thy cousin wishes
    Thousand and ten thousand blisses. ...
  • The Dance
    Take the name of the swain, a forlorn witless elf
    Who was chang'd to a flow'r for admiring himself.
    A part deem'd essential in each lady's dress
    With what maidens cry when they wish to say yes. ...
  • The Ix Ode To Horace
    HORACE.

    While I was pleasing to your arms,
    Nor any youth, of happier charms, ...
  • On My Sister Joanna's Entrance Into Her 33rd Year
    On this thy natal day permit a friend -
    A brother - with thy joys his own to blend:
    In all gladness he would wish to share
    As willing in thy griefs a part to bear. ...
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Rose 6 Plain 6 Dear 6 Children 5 Beauty 5 Life 5 Love 5 Long 5 Never 5 I Love You 5


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Davidcranmerun1: william jr.'s wife, alice lee, was the daughter of thomas lee of the lee family of virginia; their daughter "nancy" shippen (briefly) married henry beekman livingston, the son of robert livingston (1718–1775). the family served as guardians of aaron burr (born 1756) and his elder
Viraarmstrong: william shippen jr. (1736–1808) and alice (née lee) shippen (1736–1817), a daughter of thomas lee and hannah harrison ludwell. she married colonel henry beekman livingston in 1781. one of his brothers was known as "the chancellor" after
Davidcranmerun1: known as maud or maude), a descendant of the livingston and the schuyler family, was the daughter of mary (née l'hommedieu) ledyard and henry brockholst ledyard jr., president of the michigan central railroad and the union trust company. her paternal grandfather was henry
_alex_joshua: this is also the poem that led to the general american view of santa as jumping down chimneys and using flying reindeer. the authorship is generally attributed to clement clarke moore, but has been contested by the descendants of henry livingston jr. for over a century.
Sayrelibrary: since then, moore has long been regarded as the author, although various commentators throughout the years have come to believe the poem was actually written by henry livingston, jr., leaving the issue still debated today.
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We 're making life seem like a man-killing race,
With our nerves all on edge and our jaws firmly set
We go rushing along; with our brows lined with sweat
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