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H. Cordelia Ray (Author Page)

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H. Cordelia Ray (1852-1916) (Henrietta Cordelia Ray) was born and raised in New York City. Her parents were well-known abolitionists involved in the Underground Railroad. Ray received a Masters in Pedagogy from what is now the City University of New York in 1876. 

Ray published a book of Sonnets in 1893, simply called Sonnets. These same poems were reprinted as a section of her 1910 volume Poems, included below. 

Ray's poem "Lincoln" was read at the unveiling of the Emancipation Monument in Washington, DC in 1876. 

Contents of this path:

  1. H. Cordelia Ray, "Poems" (Full text) (1910)
  2. H. Cordelia Ray, "Evening Prayer" (1910)
  3. H. Cordelia Ray, "In Memoriam (Frederick Douglass)" (1910)
  4. H. Cordelia Ray, "In Memoriam: Paul Laurence Dunbar"
  5. H. Cordelia Ray, "Lincoln" (1909)
  6. H. Cordelia Ray, "The Enchanted Shell" (1910)
  7. H. Cordelia Ray, "The Months" (1920)
  8. H. Cordelia Ray, "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (1910)
  9. H. Cordelia Ray, "Charity" (1920)