Word: cayuga
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Cornell Era for April 18 contains an uncommonly pretty poem, entitled "Cayuga Lake," much the best long poem that we have noticed in our exchanges for some time. Something depends, perhaps, upon the prettiness of the name "Cayuga"; it recurs after every three lines: now, should we substitute "Skeneateles" or "Schoodiwabschooksis" in its place, we are afraid that even neat and graceful verses could hardly make the poem a success. For instance...
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...destructive mood, try the various readings for "Cayuga" which a glance at the map of Maine will suggest. Seriously, we like the poem exceedingly, and though the author shows inexcusable carelessness in places, - as in rhyming "maid" with "made," and "thee" with "thee," such blemishes are as nothing compared with the sentimental puling and precocious goodiness which we have learned, alas! to expect in many of our exchanges...