Word: poems
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Liszt. Symphonic Poem...
...performance, the rendering of the overture deserves to be called perfect. So vividly were Manfred's sorrows, his despair and noble defiance of fate brought before the listener that when the last low notes died away it seemed a shame that the illusion should be destroyed. Liszt's symphonic poem was given with the usual success, and seemed to be the most popular number on the programme...
...number contains several very good bits of verse. The light poem of Mr. Frothingham, '84, though somewhat long and careless, is perhaps the best of its kind. In a serious tone Mr. Lord's sonnet on the Grave of Pompey, and the stanzas of Rev. T. C. Pease, '75 called The Songless Singer are most noteworthy. Although the theme of the latter is by no means new, yet its smoothness of lines, and depth of feeling make it the best in the issue. Its fault is possibly lack of compactness...
...Advocate has had orders for 225 extra copies of its large graduate number, which is to be issued to-day. It will contain twenty-three articles and poems by graduate editors. The leading article is by W. G. Peckham, Esq., '67, of New York, the founder of the paper. Dr. A. B. Hart has contributed a very entertaining humorous piece. The nine other light articles and poems are also very bright. The story of the change of the Harvard color from magenta to crimson, in 1875, is told in a witty poem of three columns in length. The more serious...
...member of Yale '87 has been requested to write a poem for an Easter service in New York...