Excerpt from Amy Lowell: Sketches Biographical and CriticalHis biographical resume of Miss Amy Lowell is given in response to a desire on'the part of many readers to know something more about the poet and critic whose genius has been such a stimu lating element in the modern poetry renaissance. 'the Lowell family seems to have had more than a normal quota of literary gentlemen. The first col onist, Percival Lowell, a merchant of Bristol, Somer set, England, who arrived in Newburyport in 1637, wrote an ode on the death of Governor Winthrop which contains the following nai've quatrain: Here you have Lowell's loyalty, Penned with slender skill.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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