Word: omar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thought in Mr. Sanford's poem, "On Reading the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," is very beautiful, but the expression is so involved and the versification is so peculiar, that it is difficult to get at the real meaning without several readings. Mr. Bates has a short poem, "Behind the Barriers," of a quiet descriptive style, but not especially noteworthy. The editorial is on "Student Officers," and as usual is worthy careful reading. The number closes with the usual book notices...
...Furness, that have appeared quite recently and will be read again with pleasure. Messrs. Kent, '82, Kittredge, '83, and Loud, '83, are indexed with much clever verse, while all that is best of Messrs. Scollard and E. D. Sherman has been presented for posterity. The "Two Face" "To Omar," and the "Ballade of a Kiss." are the best of Mr. Houghton's verse in the book, and they are as good as anything he has ever done. This is one of the cleverest of Mr. Kittridge's many clever things...
...means fanciful, and are upon their face the result of deep study and clear ideas. It is a question, however, whether the Tent-maker of Naishapur can be so systematically interpreted throughout. Is it true that a thread of despair runs through the mystic lines of Omar and darkens all their thought? One long magazine article has been written upon the concluding line alone of the poem to disprove this view. But the unity and evident earnestness of Mr. Houghton's work will redeem any possible error of ethics shown. The applications to Harvard life and ideas are well based...