Author:William Gilmore Simms

William Gilmore Simms
(1806–1870)

William Gilmore Simms

Works

• Lyrical and Other Poems (1827)
• Tile Vision of Cones, Cain, and Other Poems (1829) external scan
• The Tricolor, or Three Days of Blood in Paris (1830) external scan
• Poems by a collegian (1833) external scan
• Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea (1832) revised edition
• Martin Faber, the Story of a Criminal (1833) (transcription project) external scan
• The remains of Maynard Davis Richardson (1833) external scan
• The book of my lady (1833) external scan
• The Yemassee (1835) vol 1
• The Partisan (1835, revised 1854) vol 1, vol 2
• Mellichampe (1836) external scan
• Carl Werner (1838) external scan
• Pelayo: a story of the Goth (1838) vol 1, vol 2
• Richard Hurdis; or, the Avenger of Blood. A Tale of Alabama (1838) external scan
• Southern passages and pictures (1839) external scan
• The damsel of Darien (1839) vol 1, vol 2
• Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi (1840) external scan
• The Kinsmen (1841)
• History of South Carolina (1842) external scan
• Geography of South Carolina (1843) external scan
• The Life of Francis Marion (1844) (Page scans)
• The prima donna (1844) external scan
• Grouped thoughts and scattered fancies: a collection of sonnets (1845) external scan
• Views and reviews in American literature, history and fiction (1845) external scan
• Helen Halsey, or, The Swamp state of Conelachita (1845) external scan
• The life of Captain John Smith, the founder of Virginia (1846) external scan
• The life of the Chevalier Bayard (1847) external scan
• Washington and the generals of the American Revolution (1847) vol 1, vol 2
• Life in America; or, The wigwam and the cabin (1848) external scan
• Lays of the Palmetto: a tribute to the South Carolina regiment, in the war with Mexico (1848) external scan
• The life of Nathanael Greene, major-general in the army of the Revolution (1849) external scan
• The cassique of Accabee: a tale of Ashley River with other pieces (1849) external scan
• Sabbath lyrics; or, Songs from Scripture. A Christmas gift of love (1849) external scan
• The Lily and the Totem, or, The Huguenots in Florida (1850) external scan
• Katherine Walton (1851) external scan
• Michael Bonham (1852) external scan
• The Tennessean's Story (1852) external scan
• The golden Christmas: a chronicle of St. John's, Berkeley (1852) external scan
• Norman Maurice; or, The man of the people (1853) external scan
• South-Carolina in the Revolutionary War (1853) external scan
• The Partisan, a romance of the revolution (1853) external scan
• Poems: descriptive, dramatic, legendary, and contemplative (1853) vol 1, vol 2
• Egeria: or, Voices of thought and counsel, for The Woods and wayside (1853) external scan
• The pro-slavery argument (1853) co-authored with William Harper, Thomas Roderick Dew and James Henry Hammond external scan
• The scout; or, The Black Riders of Congaree (1854) external scan
• Vasconselos (1853) external scan
• Woodcraft (1854) external scan
• The Forayers (1855) external scan
• The maroon; a legend of the Caribbees, and other tales (1855) external scan
• Eutaw (1856) external scan
• Charlemont; or, The pride of the village. A tale of Kentucky (1856) external scan
• The Cassique of Kiawah (1859) external scan
• Sack and destruction of the city of Columbia, S.C. (1865) external scan
• The Army correspondence of Colonel John Laurens in the years 1777-8 (1867) external scan
• Beauxhampe; and, the blind heart (1882 external scan
• Joscelyn (1867)
• Mellichampe (1885) external scan
• Guy Rivers, a tale of Georgia (1882) external scan
• Southward ho! A spell of sunshine (1882) external scan

Individual poems

• "The Brooklet"
• "Oh, Bid Me Not" (1839)
• "Song Bird and Flower" (1839)

Works about Simms

• William Gilmore Simms (1892) by William Peterfield Trent
• "Simms, William Gilmore," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Simms, William Gilmore," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)