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American composer Charles Howard Marsh (1886-1956) wrote music for Lola Ridge’s poem “Dawn,” while he was professor of organ at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He inscribed the sheet music on 29 September 1934: “For Miss Lola Ridge, this bit of broken glass which reflects, I hope, some of the beauty of this splendid poem.” “Dawn” was collected in Ridge’s first book, The Ghetto, in 1918.
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Lola Ridge, "Dawn." Music by Charles H. Marsh, signed autograph score, 29 September 1934. |
Lola Ridge, "Morning is a bird set for flight," picture postcard, 1941 |
The picture postcard pairs a favorite line of Ridge’s poetry from Firehead with a photograph by Harry Godfrey of a bird sculpture made from the horn of a steer, which Ridge brought back from Mexico in 1935. The postcard was tucked into Ridge’s diary after her last entry on Easter Monday, 14 April 1941.
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