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James Russell Lowell's Poem at the Monthly Banquet, Boston, May 31, 1859.

Lowell, James Russell. "James Russell Lowell's Poem at the Monthly Banquet, Boston, May 31, 1859." New York Saturday Press. 14 Jun. 1859: 3.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
poetry
Abstract: 

Poem given at a banquet for victorious chess prodigy Paul Morphy. Lowell explains how he decided to give the speech in verse, and his opinion on speeches in general before toasting Morphy.

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