Who is Odell Shepard

Odell Shepard (July 22, 1884 in Sterling, Illinois – July 19, 1967 in New London, Connecticut) was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the 86th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.

Life

Shepard was born in Illinois. He graduated from Harvard University, and taught at the English department of Yale University. A professor of English at Trinity College in 1917–1946, he was a mentor to Abbie Huston Evans. He edited the works of Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Shepard wrote a biography of Bronson Alcott, the father of writer Louisa May Alcott and one of the foremost Transcendentalists: Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott, published by Little...
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Odell Shepard Poems

  • A Nun
    One glance and I had lost her in the riot
    Of tangled cries.
    She trod the clamor with a cloistral quiet
    Deep in her eyes...
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Silence 1 Quiet 1 Mountain 1 Broken 1 Long 1 Deep 1 I Love You 1 Song 1 Snow 1 Sister 1


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Gdpr_for_sme: giants set to bring back ‘longtime’ pass-catcher on new contract: report
Igetsblocked: sterling shepard can not be our wideout number 2. this wide receiver room needs young talent, and a odell beckham
Mike_nyy: there’s 2 reactions to the shepard signing: 1) the longest tenured giant is back, now let’s go get odell too 2) this meme
Gridiron_media_: giants re-sign shepard, franchise tag barkley, attend odell's workout. hmm. kinda sounds like a return for odell is in the works.
Thedougrush: well, let’s look here: the giants were one of the teams interested last year in odell beckham jr and brought him in for a free agent visit. the giants were one of the teams who went to watch odell’s workout. they still have a need at wr. saquon and shepard, two of his best…
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Ballade Of The Midnight Forest
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Still sing the mocking fairies, as of old,
Beneath the shade of thorn and holly-tree;
The west wind breathes upon them, pure and cold,
And wolves still dread Diana roaming free
In secret woodland with her company.
'Tis thought the peasants' hovels know her rite
When now the wolds are bathed in silver light,
And first the moonrise breaks the dusky grey,
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