Record #:

20994

Author(s):

Davis, Richard Beale

Abstract:

This is a reprint of three poems written in colonial North Carolina whose subject matter represents what was to become the American and Southern mind. The first, published June 11, 1737 in the \"South Carolina Gazette\" presents feelings on the rights of freeborn Englishmen via analogy. The second poem, a Moravian hymn reprinted in both original German and its English translation, espouses the warmth of religious feeling and praise of God. The final poem, an Anglican hymn written to the 100 Psalm tune, was penned in 1759 by Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs and expressed a mixture of patriotism and piety that would often appear later in American verse and prose.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Jan 1969, p33-41 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dobbs, Arthur, 1689-1765

Record #:

8952

Author(s):

Davis, Sylvia; Davis, Richard

Abstract:

The Dog Days of summer are the forty hottest days of the year, marked by the helical rising of the star Sirius. The Egyptians created the 365-day calendar by watching the movements of this star. There is some dispute about whether the Dog Days run from July 3 to August 11 or July 28 to September 5, but generally the term refers to any stifling hot days.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 47 Issue 3, Aug 1979, p14-15, 20, il

Subject(s):

Summer