Word: lyrically
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...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...
...first hearing more rhapsodic, although there are episodes of beauty and imaginative power.- Mr. Hancock possesses an agreeable voice, carefully cultivated; his enunciation is particularly distinct. He entered well into the spirit of each song in his group. Mr. Locke's "Song of a Dream" exhibited a sustained lyric mood, with an admirably varied accompaniment. Mr. Roepper called into service an ultra-modern harmonic style, which made his song the most noticeably individual of the group, in delicate delineation and poetic suggestion. Mr. Lynes's "The Wind" was undeniably graphic, and the forceful accompaniment added much to the treatment...
...Husband, is perhaps the best thing in the number. The lines are good, and a simple and genuine mood irresistibly communicates its vision and its feeling to the reader. It touches and awakens response as Mr. Wheelock's "The Ghost to his Beloved" fails to do. There the lyric cry falls flat and one is left unmoved...
...prize of $100 is offered for the best metrical translation of a lyric poem of Horace. For 1907-08 the poem to be translated is the seventh ode of the fourth book of Horace. The competition is open to undergraduates of Harvard College and of Radcliffe College. Translations must be submitted...