Hesperia (poem)

Hesperia: A Poem is a lengthy verse volume by Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847), an Irish-American lawyer, and first edited and published by his son in 1867. The title work is described as "a nationalistic poem in four cantos", named as "Florida", "Virginia", "Acadia", and "Louisiana"; and as "one of the few full-length poems by early southern writers".

Hesperia (poem)

Hesperia: A Poem is a lengthy verse volume by Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847), an Irish-American lawyer, and first edited and published by his son in 1867. The title work is described as "a nationalistic poem in four cantos", named as "Florida", "Virginia", "Acadia", and "Louisiana"; and as "one of the few full-length poems by early southern writers".