Word: lyricism
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...prize of $100 is offered for the best metrical translation of a lyric poem of Horace. For 1906-07 the poem to be translated is the thirty-seventh ode of the first book of Horace. The competition is open to undergraduates of Harvard College and of Radcliffe College. Translations must be submitted...
...first number of the Advocate, which appeared yesterday, shows a very distinctive "Harvard" note. It bristles with local color; except for one short lyric it consists entirely of "Harvard" prose and verse. This is admirable, or at least it would be admirable were it not that the two most prominent articles--"The Philosophy of Horatio" and "A Fake Play"--distinctly overemphasize the aspect of College life that is least to our credit. Drunkennes and vice unquestionably exist but it is a pity to have the idea of them rubbed in through the columns of the undergraduate papers. Both stories...
...author explains both cause and effect, while the ancient poet, taking it for granted that the audience understands the antecedent causes of the characters he enstages, depicts only the tragedy. The ancient author can, therefore, move with greater deliberation in evolving the catastrophe, and can find scope for lyric reflection on the relation between divine law and its infringement by the hero whose overthrow he is constructing...
...Sargent prize of $100, for the metrical translation of a 'lyric poem of Horace, is open to undergraduates of Harvard College and Radcliffe. Translations must be delivered to the Secretary of the Faculty...
...prize of $100 is offered for the best metrical translation of a lyric poem of Horace. For 1905-06 the poem to be translated is the second ode of the fourth book. The competition is open to undergraduates of Harvard College and of Radcliffe College. Translations must be submitted...