Word: la
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...following is the program: PART I. Motet, "I Wrestle and Pray," Bach "Matona, Lovely Maiden," Lassus "With Drooping Wings" ("Dido and Aenaeas"), Purcell "My Bonny Lass," Morley "Song of Destiny," Brahms PART II. Ave Maria, Franck "The Nightingale," Weelkes (a) "Dieu, qu'il la fait bon regarder," (b) "Quant j'al ouy le tambourin," (c) "Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain," Debussy "O Gladsome Light," Kastalsky "Echoes," Sullivan "Sun and Moon," Gretchaninoff "Gypsy Life," Schumann The Nicene Creed, Gretchaninoff...
...work, he displays much of that "witty delicacy" which so many of the younger English poets today have derived from Andrew Marvell and others of the 17th century. In point of style, he may already be classed with writers like Rupert Brooke, Harold Monro, and Walter de la Mare. With a little more intensity of mood, he might even suggest Ralph Hodgson, for he has at times a distinct trace of Hodgson's mystical vision. But the closest resemblance of all, in this particular poem, is to James Stephens, of whom there is a very good reminder in the touch...
...vote stood 82 for and 6 against the declaration. Those who opposed the measure were Senators Robert M. La Follette, of Wisconsin; Asle J. Gronna, of North Dakota; Harry Lane, of Oregon; George W. Norris, of Nebraska; William J. Stone, of Missouri; and James K. Vardamann, of Mississippi...
...notably those of Senators Stone, Vardamann, and Norris. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, supported the action of the President in a stirring address, during the course of which he urged universal training and the seizure of German ships in our harbors. No attempt at a filibuster was made until Senator La Follette took the floor at about 7 o'clock. His speech, however, lasted for only three hours, and at 11 o'clock the measure was carried...
...first battle has been fought. La Follette has been defeated. The next thing is to conquer Germany...