See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• ROWLAND, HENRY AUGUSTUS (1848-1901)

ROWLAND See also:

• SILL
• SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
• EDWARD ROWLAND SILL (1841-1887)

SILL (1841-1887)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American poet and educationist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 29th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1841 . He graduated at Yale in 1861, as class poet; engaged in business in See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California; entered the Harvard Divinity School in 1867, but soon See also:

• LEFT

left it for a position on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York Evening See also:

• MAIL

Mail; and after teaching at Wadsworth and Cuyahoga Falls, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio (1868-1871), became See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of the See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

Oak-See also:

• LAND

land High School, California . He was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• ENGLISH

English literature at the university of California in 1894-1882 . His See also:

• HEALTH

health was failing, and he returned to Cuyahoga Falls in 1883 . He devoted himself to See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work, abundant and largely See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous, until his See also:

• DEATH

death in See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland, Ohio, on the 27th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1887 . Much of his See also:

• POETRY

poetry was contributed to the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Monthly, the See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, and the Overland Monthly . Many of his graceful See also:

• PROSE

prose essays appeared in " The Contributors' See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club," and others appeared in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• BODY

body of the Atlantic . Among his See also:

• WORKS

works are a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• RAU, KARL HEINRICH (1792-1870)

Rau's See also:

• MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS1 (1756–1791)

Mozart (1868); The Hermitage and Other Poems (1868); The See also:

• VENUS

Venus of See also:

• MILO
• MILO, TITUS ANNIUS

Milo and Other Poems (1883), a farewell See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to his California See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends; Poems (1887); The Hermitage and Later Poems (1889); Hermione and Other Poems (1900); The Prose of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• ROWLAND, HENRY AUGUSTUS (1848-1901)

Rowland See also:

• SILL
• SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
• SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND (1841-1887)

Sill (1900) ; Poems (1902) . He was a modest and charming See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, a graceful essayist, a sure critic . His contribution to American poetry is small but of See also:

• FINE

fine quality . His best poems, such as The Venus of Milo, The See also:

• FOOL (O. Fr. fol, modern fou, foolish, from a Late Latin use of follis, bellows, a ball filled with air, for a stupid person, a jester, a wind-bag)

Fool's See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

Prayer and Opportunity, gave him a high See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor poets of See also:

• AMERICA

America, which might have been higher but for his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early death . See A Memorial See also:

• VOLUME

volume privately printed by his friends in 1887; and " See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

Biographical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch " in The Poetical Works of Edward Rowland Sill (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1906), edit; d by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• BELMONT, AUGUST (1816–189o)

Belmont See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker with Mrs Sill's assistance .