Word: poeme
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...History of Oberon" is contributed by Mr. C. H. C. Wright, who traces the fairy king back to the French poem of about 1200. He attributes the myth to the same source as that of Alberich of the Nibelungenlied; and considers that the Oberons of Shakespeare and later writers "are far inferior cretions" to the original...
...jockey, the traveller, and the essayist. "Over the Teacups," is not as good as usual. The historian of them cannot keep his hand away from the more familiar characters that in other days figured in the "Autocrat," the "Poet," and the "Professor." James Jeffrey Roche gives a poem "At Sea," evidently suggested by the death of his brother in the Samoan hurricane...
...Hayes will read Tennyson's new poem "Tomorrow" in Chickering hall tonight...
...body of the Advocate is taken up by the senior dinner oration and poem. The oration urges college and class loyalty. The poem is evidently better fitted to be heard after a gay dinner than for a cold blooded perusal. The solitary story "The Rajah's Son," is original in motive and well written. The verses "Memorial Tower" are perhaps the best in the number, though the "Sonnet" is pleasing and the co-operative triolets sound prettily...
After a short summary of his previous lecture, Professor Wright traced briefly the traditions and history of the Homeric poems down to the present day, following with a sketch of their chief characteristics and remarks on the range and nature of the work in Homer which will be carried on in the freshman class. The speaker said that when the distinctly Greek civilzation passed away, Homer fell into disuse and Virgil took his place. For little was known about Homer at that time and the translations were poor. About this time spurious poems by Dictys of Crete and Dares...