Richard Hovey

right|thumb|165px|Richard Hovey Richard Hovey (1864 – 1900) was an American composer, poet and playwright. Quotes In all climes we pitch out tents,Cronies of the elements,With the secret lords of birthIntimate and free. The Wander-lovers. Along the Trail (1898) The people blossoms armies and puts forthThe splendid summer of its noiseless might. "The Call of the Bugles", p. 5. Nor love they least Who strike with right good will To vanquish illAnd fight God’s battle upward from the beast. "The Call of the Bugles", p. 15. Who would not rather founder in the fightThan not have known the glory of the fray? "Two and Fate", p. 29. Praise be to you, O hills, that you can breatheInto our souls the secret of your power! "Comrades", p. 49. I have need of the sky,I have business with the grass;I will up and get me away where the hawk is wheelingLone and high,And the slow clouds go by.I will get me away to the waters that glassThe clouds as they pass.I will get me away to the woods. "I have Need of the Sky", p. 56. Spring in the world!And all things are made new! "Spring", p. 58. For ’t is always fair weatherWhen good fellows get togetherWith a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear. "Spring", p. 60. The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blendAs a man and a woman that plightTheir troth in the warm spring night. "Spring", p. 61. Compare: "Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet", Rudyard Kipling. The great white cold walks abroad! "Dartmouth Winter-song", p. 80. How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal! "Benzaquen", p. 109. Shall the iron argue with the smith what it would be?Or, shall the wrought iron reason with the mongerTo whom it would be sold? "Benzaquen", p. 113. The Marriage of Guenevere (1891) Love seeks a guerdon; friendship is as God,Who gives and asks no payment. Act i. Sc. 1. Fair weather weddings make fair weather lives. Act i. Sc. 3. There is no sorrow like a love deniedNor any joy like love that has its will. Act i. Sc. 3. There are worser ills to face Than foemen in the fray;And many a man has fought because— He feared to run away. Act. iv. Sc. 3. External links Author:Richard Hovey The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Biography of Richard Hovey Richard+Hovey Richard Hovey Dartmouth Lyrics by Richard Hovey at Making Of America Books Sonnets.org Category:Poets from the United States Category:Playwrights Category:People from Illinois Category:1900 deaths Category:19th-century poets from the United States Category:Dartmouth College alumni