[PW] Re-post: "Tulane's Hill" poem

Douglas Anderson doug.anderson at cacl.info
Thu Mar 15 07:26:52 PDT 2007


Time once again for my annual post of the "Tulane's Hill" poem question ...

(For several years now I have posted this question.  I've gotten some
intriguing leads,
but nothing that satisfied the patron, who is still searching.  I
figured perhaps now it was time to try again; perhaps new listmembers
might recognize it, or veteran listmembers might have come across new
leads in the interim.)

An adult patron is trying to find a poem she remembers from sometime
in grade school (mid-1960's - early 1970's), possibly in a much older
book. She remembers the fragments below as being the beginning of the
poem.

She says it's possible that the verbs should be in past tense
("stood," "came", etc.), and there may or may not be lines between
"cold and grey" and "A monk comes toiling" etc. She's pretty certain
that the poem was a long one.

> I stand on the brow of Tulane's hill
> on the eve of All Hallow's Day
> ....................................still
> .....[mist? fog?]........cold and grey
> ........................................
> A monk comes toiling over [o'er?] the hill
> from an age that is seen no more
> ........................................
> .................................shore

Any help -- pointers, suggestions, longshot guesses -- would be
appreciated.  A positive ID of the poem and its author, and the full
text, would be greeted with shouting and acclaim.


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