ADRIEN EMMANUEL ROQUETTE
\ˈadɹi͡ən ɪmˈanjuːə͡l ɹəkˈɛt], \ˈadɹiən ɪmˈanjuːəl ɹəkˈɛt], \ˈa_d_ɹ_iə_n ɪ_m_ˈa_n_j_uː_əl ɹ_ə_k_ˈɛ_t]\
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An American poet; born at New Orleans, La., Feb. 13, 1813; died there, July 15, 1887. He was chaplain to the Roman Catholic Seminary at New Orleans, and known as the Abbe Roquette. His principal works include: "Les Savannes: American Poems" (1841), in which the "Souvenir of Kentucky" is best known; "Wild Flowers: Sacred Poetry" (1848); "Deep Solitude in America" (1852); "L'Antoniade; 01, Solitude with God" (1860); "Patriotic Poems" (1860); and "Catherine Tehgahkwita" (1873). He wrote with equal ease and grace in English and French.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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