Word: poems
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Sunday, June 23, Baccalaureate. Monday, June 24, 10 a. m., class oration and poem; Battell chapel; 2 p. m., class histories of the Sheffield Scientific School. Tuesday, June 25, 9 a. m., anniversary meeting of alumni; noon, anniversary of Medical School; 3 p. m., anniversary of Law School; 3 p. m., Harvard-Yale baseball game at Yale field. Wednesday, June 26, Commencement 9 a. m., in Center Church. Thursday, June 27, 10 a. m., Harvard-Yale yacht regatta, New London. Friday, June 28, Harvard-Yale race, New London (hour not determined...
...Jefferson closed his delightful address by reciting a poem which gave full credit of writing the plays to Shakespeare...
Roland Gray '95 was toastmaster. G. H. Chace '96 gave the oration and J. P. Warren '96 the poem. J. K. Whittemore '95, first marshal of the society, and M. Benshimol '95, second marshal, responded to toasts. A. H. Newman '95 responded to "The Class of Ninety-Five;" W. B. Cannon '95 for "The Class of Ninety-Six;" V. S. Thomas '95 to "Athletics at Harvard," and E. H. Warren '95 to "Public Speaking at Harvard...
...time on it is supernatural. That there is much in this part of the Divine Comedy that will seem crude in conception is unquestionable, but to the careful student and to the lover of higher poetry, Dante's picture of Paradise will be a fitting conclusion to his wonderful poem. In studying Dante we should bear in mind that he had no mode or guide to follow in his writing. The Divine Comedy was the first poem of its kind that the world had seen. It was marvellous that there should suddenly have appeared in a country which could boast...
...Divine Comedy is the record of a lofty character and a manly earnestness of purpose. Dante did not fail in the indirect accomplishment of his attempt to lead men to righteousness. In every generation men have listened to his words and been helped by them. If we read the poem simply for the sake of the poetry, we find in it a pleasure, which only the words of the great poet can give us. The reader of the poem becomes its lover. Poetry is the garb which wisdom has chosen for itself, and the lover of poetry is the lover...