James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . died seriously by critics. Plans were laid carefully. Riley wroteto J. O. Henderson, proprietor of the Ko-komo, Ind., Dispatch, explaining his pur-poses in the matter. Henderson enteredheartily into the stratagem. On the fly leaf of a well worn copyof Ainsworths Latin Dictionary Rileywrote u Leonainie. Leonainie—Angels named her ; And they took the lightOf laughing stars and framed her * In a smile of white. The Dispatch published the poem asa find. It was alleged that the manu-script of a lost Poe poem had been foundand the poem was given in evidenc
James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . died seriously by critics. Plans were laid carefully. Riley wroteto J. O. Henderson, proprietor of the Ko-komo, Ind., Dispatch, explaining his pur-poses in the matter. Henderson enteredheartily into the stratagem. On the fly leaf of a well worn copyof Ainsworths Latin Dictionary Rileywrote u Leonainie. Leonainie—Angels named her ; And they took the lightOf laughing stars and framed her * In a smile of white. The Dispatch published the poem asa find. It was alleged that the manu-script of a lost Poe poem had been foundand the poem was given in editor anticipated the uprising ofsceptics and took precaution against thisby announcing that the original could beseen if there were any doubt as to itsauthenticity. In writing the poem Riley had studiedPoes methods and had become convincedthat he had a theory about the use of44 M s and ** N s and mellifluous vow-els the use of which made his poetrymusic The success of his imitation wasstartling. Rileys prediction that he could fl. The husky, rusty russel of the tassels of the corn.
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