THE EVOLUTION OF A “NAME”
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WHEN Hill, the poet, first essayed To push the goose’s quill, Scarce any name at all he made: (’Twas simply “A. H. Hill.”) But as success his efforts crowned, Rewarding greater skill, His name expanded at a bound: (It was “A. Hiller Hill.”) Now that his work, be what it may, Is sure to “fill the bill,” He has a name as wide as day: (“Aquilla Hiller Hill.”) Charles Battell Loomis.