N. Wyatt. On a temporary pedestal
hung the flute of Lanier, which had so often been his solace,
and a roll of his manuscript music. The bust was crowned
with a wreath of laurel; the words of Lanier, `The Time needs Heart',
were woven into the strings of a floral lyre; and other flowers,
likewise brought by personal friends, were grouped around the pedestal.
As a memento a card, designed by Mrs. Henry Whitman, of Boston,
was given to those who were present. Upon its face was a wreath,
with Lanier's name and the date, and the motto -- `Aspiro dum Exspiro';
upon the reverse appeared the closing lines of the Hymn of the Sun,
taken from the poet's `Hymns of the Marshes' -- and beneath,
a flute with ivy twined about it."*3* The exercises,
which were interspersed with music, were as follows:
addresses by President Gilman of the Hopkins and President Gates of Rutgers
(now of Amherst); selections from Lanier's poetry, read by
Miss Susan Hayes Ward, of Newark, N.J.; a paper on Lanier's
`Science of English Verse', by Professor A. H. Tolman, of Ripon College, Wis.
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