Packet 10: Tossup 12

A poem by this author that notes that “hell is more than half of paradise” prompted Theodore Roosevelt to grant him a sinecure job. A character created by this poet that is compared to “Roland’s ghost winding a silent horn” (15[3])is described as being (-5[1])“amid the silver (15[1])loneliness (15[1])/ Of night” while singing “Auld Lang Syne.” (-5[2])A (15[1])poem by this author (15[2]-5[2])that repeatedly (-5[1])tells the title character to “go to the western gate” (15[1])is collected (15[2])in (-5[1])(*) Children of the Night. (10[1])A (10[1])poem by this author describes an “imperially slim” man who was (10[1])“admirably (10[1])schooled in every grace” (10[1])that “Went (10[1])home and put a bullet through his head.” (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, name this poet of “Richard Cory.” ■END■ (10[3]0[18])

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