Word: blake
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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HARVARD 1944 ST. PAUL'S Acker, l.w. r.w., Blake Beebe, c. c., Ordway Burton, r.w. l.w., Carnegie Reeves, l.d. r.d., Harman Cowen, r.d. l.d., Mechem O'Neill, g. g., Coleman...
Only the Elizabethan songs (of which a few are included) approach that, and only one named poet surpasses it. That is William Blake, in his superb Cradle Song, which in this volume is misquoted, and which is neither to, for, from, with, by or about a mother. It is about a baby, and it is written from the point of view of a poet, or possibly a father...
Last week in Manhattan's Willard Gallery, visitors read these words of Author William Blake (ThePainter and the Lady) in a 10? catalogue, and gazed, not always sternly, at a thousand devices in 15 plaques on the walls. The plaques stemmed from the numismatic art of the coin and medal maker; they were beautifully cast in low relief in silver or bronze, in various shades and patinas. How they flowered was something else. Husky, wispy-bearded, bighanded Sculptor David Smith called his plaques "Medals for Dishonor," intended them to be awarded for distinguished service in the art of causing...
Sculptor Smith's medals could be pigeonholed as surrealist, but so could some works from which they were descended: Gothic decoration, the imagery of Artist (The) William Blake (no kin to pseudonymous Author Blake), the Caprichos of Goya, the dream pictures of 15th-Century Artist Hieronymus Bosch. The Smith works were as full of symbolism as the Freudian moon is of green cheese. Of Elements Which Cause Prostitution Mr.Smith explained: "The land is cushioned -the bowl has the sponge-the fern has futility-the anchor of hearts is ashore-the vulture disembowels. Salvarsan needles to the shamefully stricken...
...other fighting seadog moved up was Rear Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood, hero of the Battle of the Plate, where with three cruisers he licked the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Sir Henry was called to the Admiralty to replace Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake as assistant chief of staff and a member of the controlling Admiralty Board...