Word: unraveling
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Dates: during 1888-1888
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...that looks beyond earth for some sign of hope, and in the resignation of that other soul that finds in every triumph and defeat the fulfilment of its own destiny. The thought is, perhaps, somewhat too deeply hidden by the words, but we do not begrudge the effort to unravel it. Mr. Bates's poem "The Sleeper," develops an original idea. The metre chimes well with the sentiment of the tale; the lines convey the folly and the utter hopelessness of the magicians wish to stop the progress of time. The number closes with the charming bit of verse "Vanitas...