The Culprit Fay and Other Poems
A collection, The Culprit Fay and Other Poems, was published posthumously by his daughter in 1835. His best-known poems are the long title-poem of that collection and the patriotic "The American Flag" which was set as a cantata for two soloists, choir and orchestra by the Czech composer Antonin Dvořák in 1892-93, as his Op. 102. In the early part of the 19th Century both Drake and his friend Halleck were widely hailed by Americans as among the leading literary personalities and talents produced by this country. That they had been leading lights in the New York area was true, but the glimmer for both could not really hold. It was finally diminished by Edgar Allan Poe when he wrote a serious study of the two poets called The Halleck - Rodman Review. Looking at The Culprit Fay by Drake, Poe showed that the imagery many marveled at was quite second-rate and ordinary. In fact, he briefly invented new lines to show how easily it could be done. The reputations of both Drake and Halleck never recovered. (Summary excerpted from Wikipedia)
Genre(s): Poetry
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Frontispiece - Dedication | Oxenhandler |
00:00:48 |
Play 01 | The Culprit Fay | Diana Schmidt |
00:33:29 |
Play 02 | To a Friend | Oxenhandler |
00:09:12 |
Play 03 | Leon | Oxenhandler |
00:21:16 |
Play 04 | Niagara | Oxenhandler |
00:03:23 |
Play 05 | Song | Oxenhandler |
00:01:21 |
Play 06 | Song | Oxenhandler |
00:01:19 |
Play 07 | Lines written in a Lady's Album | Larry Wilson |
00:01:18 |
Play 08 | Lines to a Lady | Larry Wilson |
00:01:16 |
Play 09 | Lines on leaving New Rochelle | Larry Wilson |
00:01:24 |
Play 10 | Hope | Kristin G. |
00:01:15 |
Play 11 | Fragment | Kristin G. |
00:03:17 |
Play 12 | To--- | Larry Wilson |
00:01:09 |
Play 13 | Lines | Larry Wilson |
00:01:14 |
Play 14 | To Eva | Kristin G. |
00:00:55 |
Play 15 | To a Lady with a Violet | Newgatenovelist |
00:00:45 |
Play 16 | Bronx | Larry Wilson |
00:03:20 |
Play 17 | Song | Mickey T. |
00:01:41 |
Play 18 | To Sarah | Oxenhandler |
00:01:51 |
Play 19 | The American Flag | David Lawrence |
00:03:34 |