Richard Hovey
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Richard Hovey was an American poet. Graduating from Dartmouth College
in 1885, he is known in part for penning the school Alma Mater, Men of Dartmouth
.
, the son of Major General Charles Edward Hovey
and Harriet Spofford Hovey. He grew up in North Amherst, Massachusetts
, and in Washington, D.C.
, before attending Dartmouth. His first volume of poems was privately published in 1880.
He collaborated with Canadian poet Bliss Carman
on three volumes of "tramp" verse: Songs from Vagabondia (1894), More Songs from Vagabondia (1896), and Last Songs from Vagabondia (1900), the last being published after Hovey's death.
He died after undergoing minor abdominal surgery in 1900.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
in 1885, he is known in part for penning the school Alma Mater, Men of Dartmouth
Men of Dartmouth
The "Alma Mater" is the official school song of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League college located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Composed by Harry Wellman, class of 1907, it was officially adopted by the College in 1926. The difficult to sing "Dartmouth Undying"replaced it in the fall of...
.
Biography
Hovey was born in Normal, IllinoisNormal, Illinois
Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 52,497 as of the 2010 census. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...
, the son of Major General Charles Edward Hovey
Charles Edward Hovey
Charles Edward Hovey was an educator, college president, pension lobbyist and a brevet major general in the United States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
and Harriet Spofford Hovey. He grew up in North Amherst, Massachusetts
North Amherst, Massachusetts
North Amherst is a census-designated place in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,019 at the 2000 census...
, and in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, before attending Dartmouth. His first volume of poems was privately published in 1880.
He collaborated with Canadian poet Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman FRSC was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years....
on three volumes of "tramp" verse: Songs from Vagabondia (1894), More Songs from Vagabondia (1896), and Last Songs from Vagabondia (1900), the last being published after Hovey's death.
He died after undergoing minor abdominal surgery in 1900.
Selected poems
- SeaGypsy
- When We Are Dead
- John Keats
- To a Friend
- Philosophy
- The Old Pine
- In Memoriam
- Squab Flights
- Kronos
- College Days
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- The South