Who is Charles Wharton Stork

Charles Wharton Stork (12 February 1881 – 22 May 1971) was an American literary author, poet, and translator.

Life

Charles Wharton Stork was born in Philadelphia on 12 February 1881 to Theophilus Baker and Hannah (Wharton) Stork. He graduated from Haverford College and Harvard University and taught in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He died in Philadelphia on 22 May 1971.On 5 August 1908 he married Elisabeth von Pausinger, daughter of Franz Xaver von Pausinger, artist, of Salzburg, Austria. They had a daughter, Rosalie (Stork) Regen, and three sons, Francis Wharton, George Frederick, and Carl Alexander. In 1939, Stork was a survivor of the sinking of the SS Athenia in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Charles Wharton Stork Poems

  • The Silent Folk
    Oh, praise me not the silent folk;
    To me they only seem
    Like leafless, bird-abandoned oak
    And muffled, frozen stream....
  • Death'divination
    Death is like moonlight in a lofty wood,
    That pours pale magic through the shadowy leaves;
    ‘T is like the web that some old perfume weaves
    In a dim, lonely room where memories brood;...
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Good 1 Talk 1 Water 1 Tree 1 Joy 1 Succeed 1 Moonlight 1 Chance 1 Delicious 1 Sense 1


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Jojalonen: (the english translations of "ensign stål" quoted here are all handiwork of charles wharton stork. the full english version of the cycle also includes translations by clement burbank shaw and c. d. broad.)
Rajoyceucb: —ludvig holstein, “father, where do the wild swans go?” (trans. charles wharton stork)
Book_addict: happy birthday to writer and academic charles wharton stork (february 12, 1881), author of "the queen of orplede” (1910) et al.
Thebiblioboy: check out hearts and voices charles wharton stork 1949 1st ed signed poetry and music
Book_addict: happy birthday to writer and academic charles wharton stork (february 12, 1881), author of "the queen of orplede” (1910) et al.
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Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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