Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Poems and Prose
Dr. Dozier never cared about material compensation for his literary work. He was a sorry publicity man. He did not flood the markets with his poems. He cared precious little for fame, per se. His poetry and prose writings were as water flowing through breaks in levees holding back the majestic and irresistible currents Of his spirit. Poetry was for him a vent for the surging emo tions of a strenuous and passionate life. Although Dr. Dozier never entered poetry-writing as a profession, many of his verses were popular a genera tion ago and are still prized by thousands Of Americans, and particularly by Southerners, whose patriotic souls find solace in his songs Of the Confederacy. His was an ancestry Of pioneers and fighters. The first of his line, Leonard Dozier, a French Huguenot, escaped the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, and became an Ameri can at James City, Virginia, in 1683. From generation to generation down through the years from the earliest beginnings, there have been strong men of the Dozier line standing out straight and clean-cut for the right as they believed it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
