Word: poem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most valuable addition to the exhibitions of Keats' relies now being shown at the Widener Library in honor of the centennial of the poet's death, was received from Mr. J. P. Morgan yesterday. Chief among the treasures is the original manuscript of the famous poem "Endymion." In this manuscript may be found Keats' original inscription, "With every feeling of pride and regret and with 'a bowed mind' to the memory of the most English of Poets except Shakespeare, Thomas Chatterton." Fearing that such an inscription would arouse controversy, Keats' publisher induced him to change his dedication so that...
...line which is now "The woods and templed hills" was first written "Our woods and sacred hills," while "Let all that breathe partake the sound prolong," was originally "Let all that breathe partake the scared song." In the same case with "America" is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem "Excelsior" written at three o'clock in the morning on the back of a letter from Wendell Phillips. In another case are parts of the original manuscript of "The Uncommerical Traveller" in Dickens' unreadable scrawl, and of the "Roundabout Papers" written by Thackeray in a hand that resembles printed script...
...poetry is tonic; to quote from Mr. McLane's admirable review of Masefield's "Enslaved," it is "piercing, clear poetry." F. W. MacVeagh's "Poem" is a brilliant bit of repression, phrased with that quiet, haunting conciseness which E. A. Robinson has celebrated. Mr. McLane's "Anniversary" is tender dedication to Fadeless Love and Beauty. In "A Symbol" Mr. La Farge sails the old glamorous seas to Xanader, quite as his swashbuckling Pirate does in "Santa Spirita Harbor." Merle Colby magically weaves the burthen and repetand of "Days Falling," or in "The Singer" takes up the old ballad...
...centennial of this second oldest college building in the United States. Vice-President-elect Coolidge, President Lowell and Professor Edward Channing '78 of the History Department will be among the speakers, the Honorable William C. Loring '72 will act as toastmaster, and Judge Robert Grant '73 will read a poem composed especially for the occasion...
...present to represent the Commonwealth, the building having been originally constructed from a grant made by the Province of Massachusetts. President Lowell will also speak, and Judge Robert Grant '73, President of the Harvard Board of Overseers and author of "The Chippendales" and other novels, will read a poem composed for the occasion. The toastmaster will be Ron. William Caleb Loring '72, who roomed in the hall as a student...