Poetry from the Liberia Herald (1842–1853): Overview Page

The Corpus and Principles of Selection

The selection of poetry from the Liberia Herald (1842-1857) is taken from the digitized copies of the newspaper that are available at Archive.org.

The list below provides a preliminary overview. The aim is to compile all poems that meet one or both of the following critieria:

written especially for the Liberia Herald (usually by Liberians);
clear connection to Liberia in terms of theme or topic.

Poems by 'non-Liberians' are marked with an asterisk (*) in the final column below.

Year	Author	Title	Source	*
1842	Anonymous	"Land of the mighty dead!"	Liberia Herald 12.2 (23.12.1842): 8.
1843	Thompson, Mary W.	"Ethiop's sons their home are seeking"	Liberia Herald 12.6 (3.5.1843): 24.
1843	Anonymous: S—.	"Lines to My Wife"	Liberia Herald 12.8 (30.09.1843): 32.
1845	Anonymous	"Catch the Proud Spirit"	Liberia Herald 14.5 (28.11.1845): 20.
1847	Wall, H. L.	"Lines Written on Seeing Cape Mount"	Liberia Herald 16.2 (2.12.1847): 8.
1848	Stryker, R. L.	"Hail this day Liberia's sons"	Liberia Herald 16.11 (25.8.1848): 44
1848	Tupper, Martin Farquhar	"A National Anthem for Liberia in Africa: Being a Freewill Offering in the Cause of Wise Emancipation"	first published in 1848 / Liberia Herald 17.5 (28.2.1849): 44	*
1849	Stryker, R. L. (? - only initials given: R. L. S.)	"The Lone Star"	Liberia Herald 17.11 (28.09.1849): 44
1849	Anonymous: T. G. S.	"Reflections"	Liberia Herald 17.12 (19.10.1849): 48
1849	Anonymous: T. G. S.	"Lines Adopted to the Condition of the Surrounding Tribes"	Liberia Herald 18.1 (20.11.1849): 48
1850	Tupper, Martin Farquhar	"The Liberian Church: A Sonnet"	first published in (?) / Liberia Herald 1.2 (21.8.1850): 6	*
1851	Anonymous: S.	"We mourn for the youthful dead"	Liberia Herald 2.7 (6.11.1851): 23
1853	Anonymous: Africanus	"Come true Liberians"	Liberia Herald 3.22 (15.6.1853): 86.
1854	Gibson, R. H. (? - only initials given: R. H. G.)	"Liberian Ministers Praying Fervently, for the Spread of the Gospel over Their Country"	Liberia Herald 4.7 (19.7.1854): 21
1854	Gibson, R. H. (? - only initials given: R. H. G.)	"Eulogy on the Institutions of Liberia"	Liberia Herald 4.9 (16.8.1854): [4].
1855	Anonymous	"Sabbath Morning"	Liberia Herald 5.6 (1.7.1855): [4].
1855	Gibson, R. H.	"Africa's Cruelties, Mourned Over"	Liberia Herald 5.7 (25.7.1855): [4].
1855	Anonymous	"St Pauls River Liberia"	Liberia Herald 5.9 (2.8.1855): 21
1856	Gibson, R. H.	"Jesus Our Redeemer"	Liberia Herald 6.12 (3.9.1856): 48
1856	Anonymous	"An Epistle to a Student, on Hearing of His Intention to Marry"	Liberia Herald 6.12 (3.9.1856): 48
1856	Anonymous: Africanus	"Stop and Think"	Liberia Herald 6.13 (17.9.1856): 52
1856	Anonymous: Saut.	"Ye Must Not Weep for Me"	Liberia Herald 6.13 (17.9.1856): 52
1857	Anonymous: Pierre	"The Emigrant's Hymn"	Liberia Herald 7.1 (7.1.1857): [4].

Year

Author

Title

Source

1842

Anonymous

"Land of the mighty dead!"

Liberia Herald 12.2 (23.12.1842): 8.

1843

Thompson, Mary W.

"Ethiop's sons their home are seeking"

Liberia Herald 12.6 (3.5.1843): 24.