Fitz-Greene Halleck

Fitz-Greene Halleck (born July 8, 1790, Guilford, Conn., U.S.—died Nov. 19, 1867, Guilford) was an American poet, a leading member of the Knickerbocker group, known for both his satirical and romantic verse. An employee in various New York City banks, including that of John Jacob Astor, Halleck wrote only as an avocation. In collaboration with Joseph Rodman Drake he contributed the satirical “Croaker Papers” to the New York Evening Post in 1819, and on the...