George Oppen

George Oppen was born on April 24, 1908 in New Rochelle, New York. His father, George August Oppenheimer (who later shortened the family’s name to Oppen), was a wealthy diamond merchant; his mother, Elsie, was mentally

Theological Definition, A

by George Oppen (1908–84)

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A small room, the varnished floor

Making an L around the bed,

What is or is true as

Happiness

Windows opening on the sea,

The green painted railings of the balcony

Against the rock, the bushes and the sea running

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April 24

Faber & Faber publishes T. S. Eliot's "Ash Wednesday" in 1930.

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Question:

Whose death occasioned this epitaph from Lord Byron: "Near this spot / are deposited the remains of one / who possessed Beauty without Vanity, / Strength without Insolence, / Courage without Ferocity, / and all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. / This praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery, / if inscribed over human Ashes, / is but a just Tribute to the memory of ..."

Answer

Boatswain, Byron's dog.

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