Ages

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | 277 words | Copyright

Ages, The, poem by Byrant, presented as the Phi Beta Kappa poem at the Harvard Commencement (1821) and published the same year. In 35 Spenserian stanzas, the work recounts the historic achievements of man, and affirms the benevolence of God and the principle of human progress.

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