The Little Book of Modern Verse: A Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets
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The Little Book of Modern Verse: A Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets
American poetry
Rosenfeld, Morris. [1862-1923] (1)
A Yiddish poet who came to America in his early youth.
He has been connected editorially with the Jewish "Forward" and other papers.
He is chiefly known for his "Songs of the Ghetto".
Santayana, George E. [1863-1952] (3)
Born in Madrid, Spain, December 16, 1863. He was for several years
Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, and has written important works
in this field, particularly "The Sense of Beauty", 1896,
and "Interpretations of Poetry and Religion", 1900. His work in poetry
has been largely in the sonnet form, of which he has a classic mastery.
His volumes of verse are: "Sonnets, and Other Poems", 1894; "Lucifer", 1899;
"The Hermit of Carmel", 1901; "Collected Sonnets", 1910.
Schauffler, Robert Haven. [1879-1964] (1)
Born at Brun, Austria, though of American parentage, on April 8, 1879.
He studied at Northwestern University, but took his degree of B.A.
from Princeton in 1902, and afterwards spent a year in study
at the University of Berlin. Mr. Schauffler was a musician before
he took up literature and was a pupil of many famous masters of the 'cello.
He has written upon musical subjects, notably in his volume,
"The Musical Amateur". He has also written several books of travel,
such as "Romantic Germany" and "Romantic America". He attracted
wide attention by his poem upon immigration, "The Scum o' the Earth",
which is the title poem of his volume of verse, 1912.
Scollard, Clinton. [1860-1932] (3)
Born at Clinton, New York, September 18, 1860. Graduated at
Hamilton College in 1881. He afterwards studied at Harvard University
and at Cambridge, England. He was Professor of English Literature
at Hamilton College, 1888-96. Mr. Scollard has been a voluminous writer,
and we must content ourselves with listing his more important books.
His first volume was "Pictures in Song", 1884, followed by:
"With Reed and Lyre", 1888; "Old and New World Lyrics", 1888;
"Songs of Sunrise Lands", 1892; "The Hills of Song", 1895;
"The Lutes of Morn", 1901; "Lyrics of the Dawn", 1902;
"The Lyric Bough", 1904; "Chords of the Zither", 1910;
"Sprays of Shamrock", 1914; "Poems", a selection from his complete work, 1914;
"Italy in Arms", 1915; "The Vale of Shadows", 1915;
"Ballads, Patriotic and Romantic", 1916.
Sherman, Frank Dempster. [1860-1916] (3)
Born at Peekskill, New York, May 6, 1860. Died September 19, 1916.
He took the degree of Ph.B. from Columbia University in 1884,
and was Professor of Graphics in Columbia School of Architecture from 1904
until his death. He was the author of "Madrigals and Catches", 1887;
"Lyrics for a Lute", 1890; "Little Folk Lyrics", 1892; "Lyrics of Joy", 1904;
and "A Southern Flight" (with Clinton Scollard), 1906.
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