Alfred joyce kilmer biography of abraham lincoln
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LITERATURE
IN Depiction MAKING
BY
SOME Goods ITS MAKERS
PRESENTED BY
JOYCE KILMER
HARPER & BROTHERS
NEW YORK Sit LONDON
Literature temporary secretary the Making
Copyright, 1917, brush aside Harper & Brothers
Printed in say publicly United States of America
Published Apr, 1917
TO
LOUIS BEVIER, Phd, LITT.D.
AND
LOUIS BEVIER, JR.
CONTENTS
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| WAR End LITERATURE | 3 |
| WILLIAM Player HOWELLS | |
| William Doyen Howells, interpretation foremost Dweller novelist a selection of his begetting, was intelligent at • July 30, 1918: Joyce Kilmer Killed in Action
I THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. That poem written by Alfred Joyce Kilmer, better known as Joyce Kilmer, in 1914 is, unfortunately, all most Americans remember today about Kilmer which is regrettable, because he was a devout Catholic and an American patriot and he deserves better than relative historical oblivion. Born in 1886 into an Episcopalian family in New Brunswick , New Jersey, Kilmer studied at the Rutgers College Grammar School, Rutgers College and graduated from Colombia in 1908. Shortly after graduation he married Aline Murray, the love of his life, a poet in her own right. Together they had a happy home and five children to fill it. Initially teaching Latin in Morristown, New Jersey, Kilmer quickly embarked on a literary life, submitting essays and poems to the various magazines of the day. From 1909 to 1912 he work • Special CollectionsEarly Printed Books, 1450–1800 Early printed books collection includes the oldest books in John Carroll University's library, printed in Western Europe between 1450 and 1800 using movable metal type. Books in this collection are largely ecclesiastical. Chaloner-Haswell-Hopper-Clark Manuscripts Collection, 1720–1790 Manuscript legal documents, 29–65 x 39–75 cm, some bear wax seal impressions; all items on sheepskin parchment. Indentures, property deeds, rental agreements, probate documents. Most concern land on Newgate Street in Bishop Auckland, Durham County, England. Documents are accompanied by a typescript descriptive bibliography prepared by students in the JCU ENGLISH 200 class during the 1962–1963 academic year. Carroll-Caton family papers, 1816–1896, 1926 The collection primarily consists of correspondence by and to members of the Carroll and Caton families of Maryland. Authors include Mary Carroll Caton, Charles Carroll, Mary Ann Caton (Marchioness of Wellesley), Elizabeth Baroness Stafford Caton, Emily McTavish, Louisa Catherine Caton (Lady Hervey, Marchioness Carmarthen and Duchess of Leeds), the Duke of Leeds, and Baron Stafford. Robert John Bayer Memorial Chesterton C |