I lived from 1869-1926. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.
In 1892, Sterling met Ambrose Bierce, who he called "The Master". Bierce published Sterling's first book of poetry. "The Testimony of the Suns", was written prior to 1901, and dedicated to Bierce. Sterling published eleven books of poetry, he also wrote critical works and short stories. He was also the unofficial Poet Laureate of San Francisco.
Sterling committed suicide by taking cyanide in his room at the Bohemian Club on November 17, 1926.
Sterling committed suicide by taking cyanide in his room at the Bohemian Club on November 17, 1926.
Popular poetry
- Till dawn the winds' insuperable throng
passed over like archangels in their might,14 lines, 3 comments - Thou art that madness of supreme desire,
Which lacking, beauty is but dross and clay.13 lines, 6 comments - Calling you now, not for your flesh I call,
Nor for the mad, long raptures of the night15 lines, 8 comments - Thou art the star for which all evening waits--
O star of peace, come tenderly and soon14 lines, 3 comments - The winter sunset fronts the North. . . .
The light deserts the quiet sky. . . .651 lines, 1 comment - Aloof within the day's enormous dome,
He holds unshared the silence of the sky.14 lines, 1 comment - Mother, in some sad evening long ago,
From thy young breast my groping lips were taken,24 lines
