Word: poeme
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...only verse of the number is another poem by Algerpon Tassin entitled "Out in the Morning. It is more pretentions than those of Mr. Tassin's efforts which have appeared heretofore...
...verse of the number consists of but one poem, "A Rainy Day" by Algernon Tassin. It is a difficult poem to criticize, but it certainly shows poetical striving on the part of its author...
...verse of the number is of a character less strong than usual, although both of the two poems are far from mediocre. "Two Ships" has much of the poetic in it and the simile of the poem is apt. The strength which it possesses is somewhat crude and several lines are marred by bad accentuation, a fault noticeable in the author's "Sonnet," published in the Advocate some weeks ago. "To L. M.," is not so good as some of the verse Mr. McCulloch has written but it is a pleasant fancy and its poetry mirrors the sentiments of many...
...Present Stage of the Homeric Question" was read in Sever 5 last evening by Mr. C. H. Page. After giving a brief sketch of the early history of the question, Mr. Page told how Grote disengaged from the Iliad an Achilleis, representing the earliest form of the poem, and consisting of Books I, VIII, and XI, XXII, of our Iliad. Subsequent scholarship has confirmed Grote's main proposition, while changing considerably the limits of his Achilleis. Within the last decade several eminent German scholars have made a very careful study of the question. Chief among these is Christ...
...Harvard ballads have appeared before, chiefly in the Lampoon. The two of them best known are "Holworthy Hall" and "Parks," but the best, perhaps, is an unpretentions little poem called "Love...