Word: lyrical
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...gave an account of one of Poushkin's most characteristic creations-a novel in verse: "Eugene Oneguin,"-with an interesting sketch of the literary aspect presented by Russian society of the first decade of our century. The chief chacteristic of Poushkin's lyric poetry was harmoniousness and many sidedness. Equally excellent, said the speaker, was the poet in picturing human sorrow or human joy. One never goes without the other, and, to express the poet's complexity, the lecturer characterizes it as "pouring rain with brilliant sunshine." He endeavored to give his hearers an impression of Poushkin's language...
Verses, "A Mountain Lyric," Bliss Carman...
...translated from the German most of the pieces in the "Juvenile Lyre" (Boston, 1832), and from the "Conversations-Lexicon" nearly enough articles to fill a volume of the Encyclopedia Americana (1828-32). His collections of original hymns, poetry, and poetical translations have been published under the title of "Lyric Gems" (Boston, 1843); "The Psalmist," a noted Baptist hymn book (1843), and "Rock of Ages" 1866-77). Other writings by him are "Life of Rev. Joseph Grafton" (1818), "Missionary Sketches" (1879-1883), "History of Newton, Mass." (1880), "Rambles in Mssion Fields" (1884), and contributions to numerous periodicals...
...production of "The Chimes of Normandy" by the Castle Square Opera Co. this week is fully up to the high standard of this admirable lyric stock company. Mr. Philip Hale writes in the Journal: "Mr. Murray was admirable as ever, and Mr. Persse sang with taste and with voice unimpaired by the strain to which it has been subjected. Mr. Wolff's Gaspard is well known here, and it must be said that it gives pleasure to the audience. In some respects it is the best piece of work he has done at the Castle Square. His performance has evidently...
...production of "The Chimes of Normandy" by the Castle Square Opera Co. this week is fully up to the high standard of this admirabloe lyric stock company. Mr. Philip Hale writes in the Journal: "Mr. Murray was admirable as ever, and Mr. Persse sang with taste and with voice unimpaired by the strain to which it has been subjected. Mr. Wolff's Gaspard is well known here, and it must be said that it gives pleasure to the audience. In some respects it is the best piece of work he has done at the Castle Square. His performance has evidently...