Marshes of Glynn, Brunswick, Georgia, USA

"The Marshes of Glynn" is one of

Sidney Lanier Sidney Clopton Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate States Army as a private, worked on a blockade-running ship for which he was imprisoned (resulting in his catch ...

's poems featured in ''Hymns of the Marshes'', an unfinished set of lyrical nature poems that describe the open

salt marsh A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is dominated ...

es of Glynn County in coastal

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. While some believe the poem was written while Lanier was visiting the area in 1875, there is speculation that the majority was written in Baltimore during 1878 as part of an entry for the novel ''

A Masque of Poets ''A Masque of Poets'' is an 1878 book of poetry published in the United States. The book included several poems, all published anonymously, including one by Emily Dickinson. Names were not included in the compilation so that the original works cou ...

''; a collection of works from various artists. Although ''A masque of Poets'' received poor reviews from readers, ''The Marshes of Glynn'' was considered by critics to be one of the better entries of the book.

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''Hymns of the Marshes''
which includes "The Marshes of Glynn"
Sidney Lanier biography
at the New Georgia Encyclopedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshes of Glynn American poems Glynn County, Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) in fiction ca:Sidney Lanier

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