. Sidney Lanier at Rockingham Springs; where and how the "Science of English verse" was written; a new chapter in American letters. estingreference: We went to Rockingham Springs withSidney, aged 8 years and 9 months, andHarry, 5 years old. Late in our visit Mr. PAGE 33 SIDNEY LANIER Lanier went on horseback over the moun-tains to Rapidan Station [in CulpeperCounty] for our eldest son Charles, who wasvery near his 11th birthday; and they rodeback to Rockingham on horseback—a verybeautiful journey.^ It appears that occasionally—perhapsfrequently—Lanier was not alone on hisexcursions into the co


. Sidney Lanier at Rockingham Springs; where and how the "Science of English verse" was written; a new chapter in American letters. estingreference: We went to Rockingham Springs withSidney, aged 8 years and 9 months, andHarry, 5 years old. Late in our visit Mr. PAGE 33 SIDNEY LANIER Lanier went on horseback over the moun-tains to Rapidan Station [in CulpeperCounty] for our eldest son Charles, who wasvery near his 11th birthday; and they rodeback to Rockingham on horseback—a verybeautiful journey.^ It appears that occasionally—perhapsfrequently—Lanier was not alone on hisexcursions into the country surrounding theSprings, and we are fortunate in being ableto catch an intimate glimpse of him as oneOi a party of four. Mrs. J. L. Conn ofMcGaheysville remembers the family groupwell, as she frequently saw it,—Mrs. La-nier and the two little boys riding the blackpony, while Lanier himself walked alongwith his hand on the ponys neck as hepointed out some bit of beautiful land-scape.^ 6- Mrs. Laniers letter of July 19, 1911.^- Letter of August 28, 1911, to the writer, fromMiss Ruth Conn, McGaheysville, Va. PAGE 34. The Lanier Willows, McGaheysville. Two Views.


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