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...energy. It doesn't even bother me, much, that his feel for medieval history is patchy. (Though as a former Dungeons & Dragons aficionado, I feel bound to point out that crossbows do not fire arrows; they fire bolts or quarrels.) What bothers me is that The Gargoyle is a hymn to the power of love to triumph over time. Love triumphs over time only in romance novels. In literature, as in life, it goes the other way around. As the poet Delmore Schwartz put it, Time is the fire in which we burn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Balls of Fire | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...songs, she argued, because the folk singer had simply been "an instrument for the divine rhythm" that came through his body "from an unknown, sacred place." Murillo then showcased her own ability to channel the divine rhythm by arranging a full orchestra remix of Mejia's famous revolutionary hymn "La Consigna" at a government rally on June 21 - a week after he told the ruling party to refrain from using his music. "The government is trying to confiscate my music," Mejia said, adding that his lawyers are already working on a case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaraguans Fight Over Who Owns a Powerful Hat | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

...those of you who are unfamiliar with the history of Fair Harvard, Gilman’s 172 year old hymn began with the phrase “Fair Harvard! Thy sons to thy jubilee throng!” Obviously, there is a gender-insensitive term there which prompted Kendric Packer ’48, to propose a contest to Harvard alums to provide a fitting alternative. Simply replacing “sons” with “children” had a belittling connotation and afforded one two many syllables to keep pace with the old Irish tune...

Author: By Brian S. Gillis | Title: Fair Harvard | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...explain. “Fair Harvard” is a delightful hymn describing the excitement of Commencement day. The original language ("thy sons to thy jubilee throng") indicates that students, admittedly male students, are "thronging" to the "jubilee" of Harvard graduation. The easiest reading of the new verse presents an obvious grammatical problem: “We join in thy jubilee throng,” is essentially saying “we come together at your jubilee.” This complete statement then leaves a lonely verb, “throng...

Author: By Brian S. Gillis | Title: Fair Harvard | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

Joseph F. Busa ’08, a social studies concentrator from Quincy House, said that the entire program, beginning with the Glee Club’s performance of “Sanctus” and ending with the College hymn “Fair Harvard,” seemed anachronistic...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Scholars Honored in PBK | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

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