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"Adventures of an American Eagle" by Henry Livingston, Jr. (1822)
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| March 20, 1822
| Henry Livingston
Posted on 01/11/2019 3:07:04 PM PST by mairdie
Henry Livingston writes from the point of view of a lump of gold in the ground, which is then turned into a gold American Eagle coin.
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Poetry
KEYWORDS: americaneagle; eaglecoin; henrylivingston
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posted on
01/11/2019 3:07:04 PM PST
by
mairdie
To: ransomnote; TEXOKIE; bagster; Wneighbor; little jeremiah; txhurl; Aquamarine; generally; ...
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posted on
01/11/2019 3:08:25 PM PST
by
mairdie
(http://www.henrylivingston.com/theman/atlocustgrove/medical/electricity/pp096-7.htm)
To: mairdie
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posted on
01/11/2019 3:22:20 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: ifinnegan
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posted on
01/11/2019 3:57:51 PM PST
by
mairdie
(http://www.henrylivingston.com/theman/atlocustgrove/medical/electricity/pp096-7.htm)
To: mairdie
Wow. Not what I expected. I was thinking of all the American Bald Eagle motifs in my parents’ home. But interesting.
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posted on
01/12/2019 1:31:32 AM PST
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: YogicCowboy
Exact same instincts as mine. It took the moment when the darkness of the goldmine dims and a man’s face appears for me to understand what was happening. I love this one because AGAIN 1822! The point of view of a lump of gold in the ground! The mind that could think of the world this way!
And it drives me batty that this mind was lost to the world because of Clement Moore taking credit for Henry’s poem.
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posted on
01/12/2019 3:48:29 AM PST
by
mairdie
(http://www.henrylivingston.com/theman/atlocustgrove/medical/electricity/pp096-7.htm)
To: mairdie
Perhaps it will make you feel any better:
I, no expert on poets, knew who Henry Livingston was before reading your posts; I did not know who Clement Moore was.
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posted on
01/12/2019 12:27:21 PM PST
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: YogicCowboy
THAT is glorious!
Yes. I’ll definitely pass it on to Mac Jackson.
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posted on
01/12/2019 1:04:32 PM PST
by
mairdie
(http://www.henrylivingston.com/theman/atlocustgrove/medical/electricity/pp096-7.htm)
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