Word: mists
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...current number of the Advocate, out today, contains matter of a creditable and interesting nature. The poetry is unusually good. Perhaps the best of the short poems is "Through the Mist," by Walter Winsor,- a pleasing and vivid description. "A Song of June," by R. T. Fisher is a charming bit of rhyme, although the subject has long been a well-worn one. "Atlantis," a more ambitious effort by J. F. Brice, is certainly creditable, and would be very good but for its occasional vagaries of metre...
...Wordsworth's Ode on Immortality is contributed by Alfred D. Sheffield. It shows Wordsworth's keen appreciation of the significance of the connection between nature and child life. In contemplating childhood, says the writer, Wordsworth drew "an assurance that man's high instincts are then undimmed, that the mist between him and God is then 'a pure transparency...
...LONDON, CONN., June 5. - Fog and mist hung over the Thames all day, but these disagreeable conditions did not prevent the crews from having their customary practice. They were on the river this forenoon and late this afternoon and did good work, though there is opportunity for vast improvement. Steam yacht Thyra, recently purchased by Mr. James A. Stillman, arrived this afternoon and her master will report to Stillman of the Harvard crew, who has her at his disposal. She will remain until after the 28th and will be made use of by the crew when they are not otherwise...
...Moon Mist" is a weird and mystic tale in verse which in incomprehensible fantasy would stand alone in a collected volume of Advocate verse. The influence of Coleridge's "Ancient Mariner" is apparent, but unlike that masterpiece the melody and perfection of form are wanting...