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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...fourth column, to mean the hearts of our countrymen; a sepulchre to which the author of the piece consigns not only the Father of his Country, - for whom it was originally invented, - but also all our other heroes. However, patriotism in a collegian is so rare a virtue that we will not criticise the form in which it comes...
...first line is very pretty, being a judicious combination of Ovid, Met. II. 29, and X. 1. This patching is quite legitimate, and we wish all the rest were similarly constructed. The fourth and fifth lines also are correct, metrically; but esuries is a terribly rare and unpoetical word. In line second, opibus has the o short, so it cannot begin a hexameter. In line third, the perfect of fundo is not fusi, and the line is very jerky. Risit would have scanned as well, and suited the other tenses better. In line sixth, coronae cannot begin a hexameter...
...window to get a gasp of pure ether. Unhappy is the man who must sit in the same room for the following hour. Not only has the good air been exhausted, but the evil has been increased in another important respect. As elegance of dress and personal cleanliness are rare traits of the German student, the odor that one perceives on entering, at the end of the hour, a large room that has been filled with students can better be imagined than described. to be sure, during the pause of the "Akademisches Viertel" the doors and some of the windows...
...congratulate the Pierian Sodality on their excellent concert in Lyceum Hall last Tuesday evening. The selections were, as a rule, played with rare fidelity and - spirit, and when we compare the poor success of last year with the triumph of this, we feel that too much praise cannot be given to the patience, skill, and good taste of Mr. Deane, the leader. The absence of the Glee Club was severely felt, though the orchestral parts of the programme were agreeably supplemented by the duet and solos of Messrs. Babcock and Morse...
...have heard in some great symphony the many-voiced orchestra breaking forth with-full exultant strength to carry in the noblest harmony the lofty song; and anon. while the multitudinous air was still pulsing with rich vibrations, you have heard a rare, sweet strain floating from a single instrument, and, voicing itself among the lessening chords, like the notes of an AEolian harp above the diapason of the sea-waves, filling the air with tremulous beauty, and breathing into the soul of the listener the tearful happiness of perfect pleasure...