James M. Nack

James Nack ( born January 4, 1809 in New York City; † September 23, 1879 ) was an American poet.

Life

The son of a businessman lost by an accident, his voice and later his hearing and therefore attended a school for the deaf in New York City. In 1827 he published his first volume of poetry The Legend of the Rocks. After his marriage in 1838 he became assistant to the recording clerk ( Clerk ) of New York City and Manhattan, and practiced this activity from more than thirty years.

In addition, he has written numerous other books of poetry as Eral Rupert, and other Poems (1839 ), The Immortal, and other Poems (1850 ) and The Romance of the Ring, and other Poems (1859 ), also his most famous poems, The Blue - Eyed Maid, Spring is Coming and Here She goes and She goes there contained. After his retirement he continued an extensive correspondence. He also wrote numerous poems and translations from German and French poets of the New York Mirror.

Publications

• The legend of the rocks in 1827
• The immortal, 1850
• The romance of the ring, and other poems, 1859
• Earl Rupert, And Other Tales And Poems, reprint 2007