Edward Pollock (September 2, 1823

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

– December 13, 1858) was an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

best known for writing "The Parting Hour" in 1857.

Life

He worked as a child in a cotton factory. He apprenticed with a sign-painter. In 1852, he moved to

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

, and became a contributor to the ''Pioneer'' magazine. In 1856, he was admitted before the California Supreme Court.

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