Word: stanza
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...only verse of this number is a stanza, "The Place of Love," with little merit. Some rather unin-eresting Daily Themes and the Advocate's Brief complete the number...
...here we find something that is entirely out of place. The high tone of the other articles is lowered by the presence of these verses, which, if they were in their proper place, might call for our approval. Perhaps the best thing in the present number is the stanza, "A Memory: to Nightfall." It is a most delicate and pure composition. We feel that it has the inspiration of true poetry. The verses "But yesterday, I thought of Spring," by the same writer, are good, but they have not the strong originality that marks the other contribution. Under the head...
...stanzas of "Riding to the Hunt" are much smoother and flowing than much else the writer has published. The morose undertone which completes each stanza is in striking and effective contrast with the gayety of the opening lines...
...short stanza, "The Coming of the Fog" is followed by "An After Dinner Story" written in an easy style which does credit to the author. The Monthly ends with two editorials and book notices...
...poetry, on the whole, is good. "Sunrise" is a charming bit of verse containing a very pretty, though by no means new idea. "An Answer," is a fairly good piece, the second stanza being by far the better of the two. Altogether, this number of the Advocate is more than unusually good...