Word: sonnets
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...poetry, "To Agnes," by Leopold Roberts 1L., is a very pretty sonnet, while "Septenary" and "November" contributed anonymously are representative undergraduate verses. "I Saw Thee Sleeping," by "H. W. B.", is a fair attempt at lyrical poetry. The editorials are concise and timely...
...Experiment" by J. G. Forbes '01, "By Special Wire" by G. H. Montague '01, and "Chiky" by W. Jones '00 are three good stories. An unusually good sonnet by Frank Simonds '00, an editorial on the University Club, and several book reviews complete the number...
...poetry, "A War Song of the Nez Perces," by Erskine Wood '01, is coherent, fairly rythmical, and seemingly original; a "Sonnet," by Edward Richard, is conventional. A series of "Western Sketches," printed anonymously, are appreciative bits of prose and verse, treating of California life and scenery...
...LXVIII of the Advocate established a standard that succeeding issues will have difficulty in keeping up with. It is to be regretted, however, that the subject matter in many of the articles strays so far from Cambridge. Thus there are, dealing with a different hemisphere: a noble sonnet "Rhine," a sketch, "The Symphony," whose technique leads one to believe its author a virtuoso with his fingers rather than with his pen; and an excellent Irish story told in the author's very human style...
...sonnet entitled "Contrast" by L. B. Buck '98, is remarkably good college versification. "Love that Passeth all Understanding" by J. B. Holden '99, shows a strange difference of mood between the story proper and the title. In a second colonial sketch, "An Act of Treason," C. S. Harper '99, imitates in a pleasing manner a form of story that is not uncommon...