Who is Richard Hovey

Richard Hovey (May 4, 1864 – February 24, 1900) was an American poet. Graduating from Dartmouth College in 1885, he is known in part for penning the school Alma Mater, Men of Dartmouth.

Biography

Hovey was born in Normal, Illinois, 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. Hovey and Carman were members of the "Visionists" social circle alon...
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Richard Hovey Poems

• The Thought Of Her
  My love for thee doth take me unaware,
  When most with lesser things my brain is wrought,
  As in some nimble interchange of thought
  The silence enters, and the talkers stare....
• The Sea Gypsy
  I am fevered with the sunset,
  I am fretful with the bay,
  For the wander-thirst is on me
  And my soul is in Cathay....
• Comrades
  Comrades, pour the wine to-night
  For the parting is with dawn!
  Oh, the clink of cups together,
  With the daylight coming on!...
• At The End Of The Day
  There is no escape by the river,
  There is no flight left by the fen;
  We are compassed about by the shiver
  Of the night of their marching men....

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• Canadarenovare: henri nouwen is a favorite of ours! join us on april 27 as richard hovey leads us through nouwen's "the return of the prodigal son." pick up the book and come! sign up today at
• Wildpasts_: i have need of the sky, i have business with the grass; i will up and get me away where the hawk is wheeling lone and high, and the slow clouds go by. i will get me away to the waters that glass the clouds as they pass. i will get me away to the woods. richard hovey
• Valerie__carter: happy birthday to joni who turns 79 today! she obviously had a big influence on val early on. you can really hear it here. this is the band val worked with prior to howdy moon called rj fox which was richard hovey who went on to be with val in howdy moon, & joel siegel
• Canadarenovare: let's all learn how to love again in this new online course by dr. richard hovey. check it out today! it starts on november 10 and there is no coursework or prep, so you can still sign up :)
• Quotedaily: "spring in the world! and all things are made new!" - richard hovey

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