The biographical section of the Introduction rests in the main
upon Dr. Ward's admirable `Memorial' prefixed to the `Poems of Sidney Lanier'
edited by his wife, though a few additional facts have been gleaned
here and there. For most* of the Bibliography down to 1888 I am indebted
to my Hopkins comrade, Dr. Richard E. Burton, now of Hartford, Conn.,
who compiled one for the `Memorial of Sidney Lanier',
published by President Gilman, of the Johns Hopkins University, in 1888.
Obligations to other publications about Lanier are in every instance
acknowledged in the appropriate place.
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* I say `most of the Bibliography down to 1888', because Dr. Burton's
different purpose led him to exclude items that could not be omitted
in a Bibliography that, like mine, tries to be complete.
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As to the selections made, I wished to include `The Marshes of Glynn'
and yet not to exclude `Sunrise'. But both could not be put in,
and I finally gave the preference to `Sunrise', chiefly on the ground
of its being Lanier's latest complete poem.* I believe all will admit
that the poems selected fairly exemplify the genius of the poet.
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