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Sidney Lanier

About the Author

Sidney Lanier (1842-1881) was an American poet and musician. He fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He later became an educator, publishing popularizations of myth and legend, such as The Boy’s King Arthur (1880) and The Boy’s Mabinogion (1881). His only novel is titled Tiger Lilies (1867) and his poems “The Marches of Glynn” (1878) and “Sunrise” (1881) are his greatest works.

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