"Inthesimpleschoolathleticsofthosedays, whenagymnasiumhadnotbeenheardof, hewasfacileprinceps,” isthereminiscenceofhisfellowpupil, "aswiftrunner, awonderfulleaper, and, whatwasmorerare, aboxer, withsomeslighttraining...., andIimitatedhim, , , andwas, indeed, alittlerough; butwithagoodbreast-bone, andsomeresolution, , beinginmanyofhisathleticproclivitiessurprisinglylikeByroninhisyouth."
InoneofhisfeatsPoeonlycameoffsecondbest.
"Achallengetoafootrace," saysColonelPreston, "hadbeenpassedbetweenthetwoclassicalschoolsofthecity; , , , buthiscompetitorwasalong-legged, Indian-lookingfellow, whowouldhaveoutstrippedAtalantawithoutthehelpofthegoldenapples."
"InourLatinexercisesinschool," continuesthecolonel, "Poewasamongthefirst—, especiallyone, NatHoward, afterwardsknownasoneoftheripestscholarsinVirginia, , hewasfarmorestudious; foreventhenthegermsofwaywardnessweredevelopinginthenascentpoet, , Idohimfulljustice." "Poe," saysthecolonel, "wasveryfondoftheOdesofHorace, , hisear, asyetuntutoredinmorecomplicatedharmonies, , inparticular, havebeenhumminginmyearallmylifesince, settothetuneofhisrecitation:
'Jamsatisterrisnivisatquedirce
GrandinismisitPater, etrubente,'
and
'Noneburnequeaureum
Mearenidetindonolacuar,' etc.
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