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Commencement, a poem: or rather Commencement of a poem. : Recited before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in their dining hall, in Cambridge, Aug. 29, 1811. / By a brother. ; [One line from Virgil with an English translation by a "schoolboy"].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Biglow, William, 1773-1844.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22394.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commencement ceremonies--Poetry.
- Commencement ceremonies.
- Genre:
- Poems -- 1811.
- Satires.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 8 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Salem [Mass.]: : Printed by Thomas C. Cushing., 1811.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- The first in a series of three satirical poems, including also "Re-commencement" and "Re-re-commencement," attributed to William Biglow by Wegelin.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22394).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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