Henry Beck Hirst Explained

Birth Date:	August 23, 1813
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation:	Poet

Henry Beck Hirst (August 23, 1813 – March 30, 1874^[1]) was an American poet.

Biography

Hirst was born in Philadelphia. He studied law, but was not admitted to the bar until 1843, his studies having been interrupted by business pursuits.

Hirst's first poems were published in Graham's Magazine. He afterward wrote The Coming of the Mammoth, and other Poems (Boston, 1845),^[2] Endymion, a Tale of Greece (1848),^[3] and The Penance of Roland (1849).^[4]

Hirst also wrote a nonfiction work: The Book of Cage Birds (1843).^[5]

References

• Hirst, Henry Beck. 1892.

External links

• Henry Beck Hirst at Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
• Henry Beck Hirst at Allpoetry.com

Notes and References

1. Book: Ridpath . John Clark . The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature . 1899 . Fifth avenue library society . New York . 326–330 . Nov 8, 2019.
2. Book: Hirst . Henry B . The coming of the mammoth, The funeral of time and other poems . 1845 . Phillips and Sampson . Boston . Nov 8, 2019.
3. Book: Hirst . Henry B . Endymion, a Tale of Greece . 1848 . William D. Ticknor and Company . Boston . Nov 8, 2019.
4. Book: Hirst . Henry B. . The Penance of Roland: A Romance of the Peine Forte Et Dure; and Other Poems . 1849 . Ticknor, Reed, and Fields . Boston . Nov 8, 2019.
5. Book: Hirst . Henry B. . The Book of Cage Birds . 1843 . Bernard Duke . Philadelphia . Nov 8, 2019.