Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Voss, Richard

VOSS, RICHARD, a German poet; called the &ldquo;Tired Man&rdquo;; born in Neugrape in Pomerania, Prussia, Sept. 2, 1851. Among his dramatic compositions are: &ldquo;Savonarola&rdquo;; &ldquo;Magda&rdquo;; &ldquo;The Patrician Dame&rdquo;; &ldquo;Luigia Sanfelice&rdquo;; &ldquo;Father Modestus&rdquo;; &ldquo;Woe to the Vanquished&rdquo;; &ldquo;Eve&rdquo;; &ldquo;Betwixt Two Hearts&rdquo;; &ldquo;At Sedan.&rdquo; In narrative verse he wrote: &ldquo;A Hill Asylum&rdquo;; &ldquo;Roman Village Tales&rdquo;; &ldquo;Messalina.&rdquo; Among his novels are: &ldquo;Life Tragedy of an Actress&rdquo;; &ldquo;The New Romans&rdquo;; &ldquo;Children of the South&rdquo;; &ldquo;Villa Falconieri&rdquo;; &ldquo;Amata&rdquo;; &ldquo;The Sabine&rdquo;; etc. He excels in description of Italian lowly life.