Word: lyrical
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Sargent Prize of $100, given in memory of John O. Sargent '30, is offered yearly for the best metrical translation of a lyric poem of Horace. The poem selected for this year is the sixteenth epode of Horace...
...resurrection unconvincing. Of the verse, Mr. Seeger's translation from the Inferno is in many ways a remarkable production; the language is simple and dignified, and the verse is smooth, the dangers attending the use of rhymed couplets being for the most part skillfully avoided. Mr. Hunt's lyric is vigorous and sincere, but not much can be said for Mr. Mariett's alliterative jingle on the weather. Mr. Seeger's second piece of verse deals with Arcadie and May, and is much like other spring poems on the same theme. If the entire number equalled in quality the three...
...CLASSICAL CONFERENCE. "The Nature of the Lyric, Ancient and Modern." Dr. H. DeW. Fuller. "The Seating Capacity of the Circus Maximus." Professor Howard. "The Festival of Mamurius." Professor C. H. Moore. Sever...