Festus

Philip James Bailey · 1845

Year established 2026-08-20 from the title page of festusapoem07bailgoog, which reads BOSTON / BENJAMIN B. MUSSEY / 1845. First publication was 1839; this is the first American edition, printed from the second English edition (which added the Proem). The Standard Ebooks colophon states 1839; the text here follows this 1845 printing.

Numbers are the poem's position in the book.

  1. 1Dedication 1845
  2. 2Proem 1845
  3. 3L’Envoi 1845