George Cabot "Bay" Lodge (October 10, 1873 – August 21, 1909) was an American poet of the late 19th and early-20th century.

Early life[edit]

Lodge was born in Boston. His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, a politician. His mother was Anna Cabot Mills Davis. He was named after his great-great-grandfather, senator George Cabot.

Lodge began studies at Harvard College, and continued them in France and Berlin into his mid-twenties. At Harvard, he was a member of the Harvard Polo Club.^[1]

Career[edit]

In 1897, Lodge began work as a secretary to both his father and a U.S. Senate committee in Washington. He later served successfully in the Spanish–American War as a naval cadet. Lodge was a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, who penned a fond introduction for the posthumous 1911 collection Poems and Dramas of George Cabot Lodge. He was best known for his delicate sonnets, such as the Song of the Wave, Essex, and Trumbull Stickney (Stickney was a friend and admirer), several of which were anthologized. His style and artistic outlook were deeply affected by the pessimism of Schopenhauer and Giacomo Leopardi, as well as French influences including Baudelaire and Leconte de Lisle.

Personal life[edit]

In 1900, he married Mathilda Frelinghuysen Davis, with whom he had three children.^[2] Their sons Henry and John became politicians.^[3]

He died near Nantucket in August 1909. A biography, The Life of George Cabot Lodge (1911), was written by his friend and confidant Henry Adams. His collected poems and dramas, in two volumes, were published in 1911 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Trumbull Stickney at Bartleby.com
• The Life of George Cabot Lodge, downloadable, at Google Books
• Poems (1899–1902), downloadable, at Google Books