Introduction

Biography

Lanier, the po­et lau­re­ate of Georg­ia, earned his de­gree from Ogle­thorpe Col­lege in At­lan­ta.

In 1879, he was ap­point­ed lec­tur­er on Eng­lish li­te­ra­ture at Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­si­ty in Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land.

He was al­so an ac­comp­lished con­cert flut­ist, play­ing with the Pea­bo­dy Or­ches­tra in Bal­ti­more.

Works

One of his best known po­ems is Song of the Chat­ta­hoo­chee. His oth­er works in­clude:

• Tiger Li­lies, 1867
• Centennial Ode, 1876
• Science of Eng­lish Verse, 1881
• The Eng­lish No­vel and Its De­vel­op­ment, 1883
• Boys’ Froiss­art, 1879
• Boys’ King Ar­thur, 1880
• Boys’ Mab­in­o­gi­on, 1881