Clerihew-Stickney

Joseph Trumbull Stickney,
Harvard 'Pessimist' ,reckoned to be.
First American docteur de lettre
sonneteer, superbe, peut-tetre?
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August 7, 2022 at 9:24 AM
This is a lovely Clerihew regarding Trumbull Stickney. He penned the following in one of his best poems called the past: "There lies a somnolent lake Under a noiseless sky, Where never the mornings break Nor the evenings die."
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