The world is all before us now
Christianity – Poetry
A 3-stanza poem by Edward Hitchcock on religious subjects.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1809-1864
Poems
The portrait of Miss Orra White
Relations with women
Poetry
A poem by Edward Hitchcock about Orra White Hitchcock written sometime prior to their marriage.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1821-05-31
Poems
The humility of true science
Poetry
Religion and science
Alexandrian Society (Amherst College)
A 401-line poem in verse by Edward Hitchcock on the subject of the study and humility of science, which Hitchcock presented to the Alexandrian Society at Amherst College in 1843. The poem also deals with the concept of the relationship between religion and science. Hitchcock wrote two other versions of this poem, titled "Call not them poets, who, like me, compose in verse, so very near allied to prose" and "Humility of science."
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
1843-03-29
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Poems
The golden calf
Poetry
Idolatry
Golden calf (Bible)
A poem by Edward Hitchcock on the subject of the golden calf idol worshipped in the Hebrew Bible. Hitchcock uses the symbol of the golden calf to discuss the general idea of idolatry.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1814
Poems
The widow and orphan's refuge
Poetry
Death
Religion
A poem by Edward Hitchcock on the refuge of God after loss, written in part from the perspective of a widow and her orphans wailing over the loss of the husband and father.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1809-1864
Poems
Edward Hitchcock title page, "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts," 1841
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864. Final report on the geology of Massachusetts
Disbound printed title page of Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts"
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1841
We hear time's startling trumpet blow
Poetry
Life changing events
Graduation
Two versions of a poem by Edward Hitchcock that appears to be about moving on in life after graduation, using the ocean as a metaphor for life.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1811
Poems
Edward Hitchcock poem fragment, lines 127-197
Poetry
A fragment of a poem by Edward Hitchcock in which the poet laments being unable to gaze upon the sights he once could see, especially the stars and planets.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1809-1864
Poems
It gives the mourner's heaving bosom rest
Poetry
Friends and associates
Christianity
A poem by Edward Hitchcock written about the death of his friend, Jackson [probably Jackson Dickinson].
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1816-12-21
Poems
The summons
Poetry
Death
God
Religion
A five-stanza poem by Edward Hitchcock alluding to being summoned by God to death. Hitchcock has made edits to the text in pencil.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1809-1864
Poems