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Frederic Lawrence Knowles
Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1869–1905) was an American poet, essayist, and literary critic known for his sensitive and lyrical writing. He published several volumes of poetry, including "On Life's Stairway" and "Love Triumphant," which reflect his themes of love, spirituality, and the beauty of everyday life. Knowles also edited and compiled collections of classic poetry, such as "Cap and Gown," and contributed essays and literary criticism to various periodicals. His career was tragically cut short when he died at the young age of 35.
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PREFACE. The numerous collections of American verse share, I think, one fault in common: they include too much. Whether this has been a bid for popularity, a concession to Philistia, I cannot say; but the fact remains that all anthologies of American poetry are, so far as I know, more or less uncritical. The aim of the present book is different. In no case has a poem been included because it is widely...
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I. LOVE AND SENTIMENT ~Love Laughs.~ "Love laughs at locksmiths," laughs ho! ho!Still Thisbe steals to meet a beau, Naught recks of bolt and bar and night, And father's frown and word despite.As in the days of long ago,In southern heat and northern snowStill twangs the archer's potent bow, And as his flying arrows smite, Love laughs. Trinity Tablet. ~Where Cupid...
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