A Williams Anthology / A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910
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A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College
1798-1910
EDITORS OF THE LITERARY MONTHLY 1910
The present work owes its existence to a conviction on the part of its editors that much material published by past Williams undergraduates in past and present literary periodicals of the college, deserves a resurrection from the threatening oblivion of musty library shelves. That this conviction has been justified by the quality of the verse and prose herein published, the editors believe; and they therefore submit this volume to the public without undue fear as to its reception, adding only the caution that its readers remember always the tender age of the writers of these pages.
The purpose of the editors was to collect material which might be adjudged to possess real literary merit; but in some cases in which the historical interest attaching to the production, either by reason of its subject or by reason of the fame attained in later years by its author, is obvious, this rule has been waived. Among such exceptions may be cited that of the Resolutions addressed to President Adams by the students, and copied herein from the pages of the Vidette . The matter has been arranged in the order of class seniority, with two exceptions. It has seemed fitting to the editors to begin the work with that immortal song, The Mountains ; the second exception is that of the series of biographical sketches entitled Nine Williams Alumni, which for obvious reasons were published as a whole.
The editors burrowed through all files of the college publications which the college library contains, files which are reasonably complete. In such a mass of material, some ninety volumes, it will be astounding indeed if some creditable work has not been passed inadvertently over. If such a mistake has occurred it is at least pardonable. The editors fear only the presence of some unworthy matter in this volume, a sin of commission and hence vastly more heinous.
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A WILLIAMS ANTHOLOGY
COMPILED BY
INTRODUCTION
A WILLIAMS ANTHOLOGY
WASHINGTON GLADDEN '59
ADDRESS OF THE STUDENTS OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
THE SWALLOW
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 1813
MARTIAL, BOOK X
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 1813
EXEGI MONUMENTUM
THE SCULPTOR TO HIS STATUE
JOHN J. INGALLS '55[1]
OPPORTUNITY
JOHN J. INGALLS '55
AUTUMN
JAMES A. GARFIELD '56[1]
IN THE FOREST
ANON.
CORSICA
ANON.
LOOKING BACKWARD
WASHINGTON GLADDEN '59
TO THE MOUNTAINS OF WILLIAMSTOWN
ANON.
THE YELLOW JASMINE
FRANKLIN CARTER '62
AFTER DINNER SPEECHES
FRANKLIN CARTER '62
THE STUDENT COMMUNITY
HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE '67
SELF-MADE MEN
ALFRED C. CHAPIN '69
ATTIS
ANON.
COLLEGE FRIENDSHIPS
CHARLES CUTHBERT HALL '72[1]
LORRAINE—1870
ANON.
II
IN ANSWER
"S."
THE MYSTIC
"TROUBADOUR"
BALLADE OF THE HAUNTED STREAM
EDWARD G. BENEDICT '82
INDIAN SUMMER
HERBERT S. UNDERWOOD '83
GONDELIED
"LICHEN"
IN HOLLAND BROWN
SANBORN GOVE TENNEY '86
HYLAS
SANBORN GOVE TENNEY '86
THE 'CELLO
SAMUEL ABBOTT '87
MILLET'S "ANGELUS"
ELBRIDGE LAPHAM ADAMS '87
A SUMMER AFTERNOON
HENRY D. WILD '88
QUESTIONINGS
GEORGE L. RICHARDSON '88
ON BRYANT'S "THANATOPSIS"
GEORGE LYNDE RICHARDSON '88
SUMMER SONG[1]
TALCOTT M. BANKS '90
THE BACKWARD LOOK[1]
TALCOTT M. BANKS '90
SERENADE
ARTHUR OLIVER '93
OLD TRINITY
FREDERICK D. GOODWIN '95
TWO TRIOLETS OF AUTUMN
KARL E. WESTON '96
NANTUCKET
ARTHUR KETCHUM '98
THE GYPSY STRAIN
ARTHUR KETCHUM '98
THE SONG OF THE CAVALIERS
RECOMPENSE
CHARLES P. PARKHURST '98
CERVERA AT ANNAPOLIS
HENRY R. CONGER '99
THE ANSWER
DWIGHT W. MARVIN '01
ONE OF THE PLODDERS
HARRY JAMES SMITH '02
II
III
THE ENDITING OF LETTERS
STUART P. SHERMAN '03
GREYLOCK
MAX EASTMAN '05
TO SIDNEY LANIER
MAX EASTMAN '05
THE LIFTING OF THE CLOUDS
SHEPARD ASHMAN MORGAN '06
THE FROST KING
CHARLES HENRY BRADY '06
UNTIL HE COMETH
GEORGE BURWELL DUTTON '07
SCENE I. [The travellers, with some of the monks of the monastery, are seated before the fire. The Jew, bent, gaunt and gray-bearded, stands to one side, unrecognized, muttering to himself indistinctly. He has evidently just entered, for the melted snow still gleams from his clothing. The company disregard him, conversing among themselves.]
SCENE II. [AHASUERUS, alone. He looks around him, as if to see if any remain in the room, then slowly moves toward the fireplace and holds his trembling hands before the fire.]
SCENE III. [Enter ANSELM. At first, not aware of another's presence, he kneels before the Virgin's shrine, and mutters a short prayer in Latin. Then he arises and advances slowly, absorbed in meditation.]
THE MASK OF ADELITA
GERALD MYGATT '08
THE AWAKENING
WILLARD ANSLEY GIBSON '08
THE BROOK RELEASED
WILLARD ANSLEY GIBSON '08
THE GARDENER
WILLARD ANSLEY GIBSON '08
NOCTURNE
WILLARD ANSLEY GIBSON '08
THE HIDDEN FACE
BERNARD WESTERMANN '08
MODERN THOUGHT AND MEDIEVAL DOGMA
BERNARD WESTERMANN '08
THE GOBLIN KING
BERNARD WESTERMANN '08
OUT OF THE HARBOR
SUCCESS
ON THE "CHANT D'AMOUR" OF BURNE-JONES
ROGER SHERMAN LOOMIS '09
THE MANY ROADS
BEAUTY
PREFERMENT AND THE FOOL
THE IMMIGRANTS
PROPHECY
ASHES OF DREAMS
PHILO CLARKE CALHOUN '10
THE GOOD GREY POET
EDWIN PARTRIDGE LEHMAN '10
A MINOR POET TO HIMSELF
EDWIN PARTRIDGE LEHMAN '10
HEARTS AND TARTS
TO KEATS
JULIAN PARK '10
MORTAL VERSE
WILLIAM HUTCHESON WINDOM '11
IN THE DONJON KEEP
GILBERT W. GABRIEL 1912
NINE WILLIAMS ALUMNI[1]
I. JOHN BASCOM
II. HENRY MILLS ALDEN
III. WASHINGTON GLADDEN
IV. FRANKLIN CARTER
HENRY D. WILD '88
V. HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE
VI. HENRY LOOMIS NELSON
JULIAN PARK '10
VII. HARRY PRATT JUDSON
VIII. CHARLES CUTHBERT HALL
IX. BLISS PERRY
SUGGESTIONS
G.B.D.
A NEW LIFE IN READING
J.O.S.E.