Who is Robert Haven Schauffler

Robert Haven Schauffler (8 April 1879 – 24 November 1964) was an American writer, cellist, athlete, and war hero. Schauffler published poetry, biographies of Beethoven, Brahms, and Schumann and a series of books celebrating American holidays.

Biography

Schauffler was born on 8 April 1879 in Brünn, where his parents were missionaries. By the time he was two he was back in the United States where his family founded the Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work in Cleveland in 1886 for Bohemian immigrants who were interested in social or religious work.

Schauffler's first successful career was as a cellist and he studied with several notable musicians. His academic studies started at the Northwestern University, but he completed his degree at Princet...
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Robert Haven Schauffler Poems

• The White Comrade
  Under our curtain of fire,
  Over the clotted clods,
  We charged, to be withered, to reel
  And despairingly wheel...
• Scum O' The Earth
  I
  
  At the gate of the West I stand,
  On the isle where the nations throng....
• Earth's Easter
  Earth has gone up from its Gethsemane,
  And now on Golgotha is crucified;
  The spear is twisted in the tortured side;
  The thorny crown still works its cruelty....

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Comments about Robert Haven Schauffler

• Melaniejaxn: i dote upon librarians in general.... these missionaries of the gospel of literature... ~robert haven schauffler
• Melaniejaxn: i dote upon librarians in general.... these missionaries of the gospel of literature... ~robert haven schauffler
• Melaniejaxn: i dote upon librarians in general... these missionaries of the gospel of literature... ~robert haven schauffler
• Statelibraryfl: "the days we celebrate," compiled by robert haven schauffler, is an anthology of thematic plays, poems and essays for use by school teachers over the holidays. shown here are some readings selected by schauffler to ring in the new year. what will you be reading in 2020?
• Macdowellcolony: then in the bursting shells' dim light / i saw he was clad in white. / for a moment i thought that i saw the smock / of a shepherd in search of his flock. … "the white comrade" by robert haven schauffler (mf 4x 16-38)

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