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    		• Tennessee Granite & Marble Company,
     
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    		• Homage -- Ryan, Father
     
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    		• Homage -- Hayne, Paul
     
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    		• Homage -- Lanier, Sidney
     
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    		• Homage -- Randall, James Ryder
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Literature -- Ryan
     
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    		• Literature -- Hayne
     
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    		• Literature -- Lanier
     
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    		• Literature -- Randall
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Augusta
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Poets' Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Tennessee Granite & Marble Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Poets' Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated April 28, 1913.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture overall: approx. H. 10 ft. 4 in.; Sculpture: approx. 72 x 36 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 51 x 89 x 89 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On southeast side of block:) FATHER RYAN/1842-1886/"TO THE HIGHER SHRINE OF LOVE DIVINE/MY LOWLY FEET HAVE TROD./I WANT NO FAME, NO OTHER NAME/THAN THIS--A PRIEST OF GOD" (On northwest side of block:) PAUL HAYNE/1830-1886/"YET WOULD I RATHER IN THE OUTWARD STATE/OF SONG'S IMMORTAL TEMPLE LAY ME DOWN,/A BEGGAR, BASKING BY THAT RADIANT GATE,/THAN BEND BENEATH THE HAUGHIEST (sic) EMPIRE'S/CROWN." ((On northeast side of block:) JAMES R. RANDALL/1839-1908 (Excerpt from "My Maryland":) "BETTER THE FIRE UPON THE ROLL,/BETTER THE BLADE, THE SHOT, THE BOWL,/THAN CRUCIFIXION OF THE SOUL,/MARYLAND MY MARYLAND." (On southeast side of block:) SIDNEY LANIER/1842-1880/"THE CATHOLIC MAN WHO HATH MIGHTILY WON/GOD OUT OF KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD OUT OF/INFINITE PAIN/AND SIGHT OUT OF BLINDNESS AND PURITY OUT/OF A STAIN." (On southeast side of base, incised lettering:) TO THE CITY OF AUGUSTA/ANNA RUSSELL COLE/1913
    Description: 
    This large granite monument honors four Georgia poets: Father Ryan, Paul Hayne, James R. Randall, and Sydney Lanier. It consists of a polished granite block resting inside a square pavilion constructed with a flat roof and a column at each corner. Each side of the interior block is inscribed with the name of a poet followed by an excerpt from one of his works. The poets are, moving clockwise from the southwest side: Father Ryan (1842-1886); Paul Hayne (1830-1886); James R. Randall (1839-1908); and Sidney Lanier (1842-1880). The monument is mounted on a square base made of unpolished granite.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Ryan, Father
    Homage -- Hayne, Paul
    Homage -- Lanier, Sidney
    Homage -- Randall, James Ryder
    Occupation -- Writer -- Poet
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Literature -- Ryan
    Literature -- Hayne
    Literature -- Lanier
    Literature -- Randall -- My Maryland
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Augusta
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Augusta, Trees and Parks Department, 1568 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia 30904
    Located 700 block of Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is a memorial to four Georgia poets in recognition of their poetic gifts and their loyalty to the "Southland." It was given to the City of Augusta by Anna Russell Cole of Nashville, who had resided in Augusta at one time. The poets honored are: James Ryder Randall, whose patriotic poem "My Maryland," became an anthem for the Confederacy during the Civil War; Father Ryan, who offered spiritual guidance to Southern soldiers, and composed "The Conquered Banner," which was set to music taken from a Gregorian hymn; Paul Hayne, who devoted his life to a career in poetry; and Sidney Lanier, a poet with national rather than regional alliances who is associated with the "New South." For related reading see Marguerite F. Fogleman's "Historical Markers and Monuments of Richmond County," Augusta, GA: Richmond County Historical Society, 1986. IAS files contain an excerpt from Lucian Lamar Knight's "Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends," 1914, pg. 955-958; and a related article from the Augusta Chronicle, April 29, 1913, pg. 3.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA0031, 1989.
    Monumental News, May, 1913; June 1913.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Monumental News, June 1913, pg. 415.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS GA000431
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