Frank Dempster Sherman (May 6, 1860September 19, 1916), sometimes writing as Felix Carmen, was an American poet and academic. Frank Dempster Sherman was born on May 6, 1860, in

Peekskill, New York Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, from New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across fro ...

, to Lucy (MacFarland) and John Dempster Sherman. He attended Columbia College from 1879 to 1884, graduating with a PhB in architecture. Sherman began teaching at Columbia in 1887. He held various positions there and ultimately became a professor of graphics in 1904. He died on September 19, 1916, in New York City. Sherman published some poetry as Felix Carmen. American composer Caroline Holme Walker (1863–1955) used Sherman's text for her song "May Madrigal".

Publications

* ''Madrigals and Catches'' (1887) * ''New Waggings of Old Tales'', with

John Kendrick Bangs John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. Biography He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis N. Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S ...

(1888) * ''Lyrics for a Lute'' (1890) * ''Little-Folk Lyrics'' (1892) * ''Lyrics of Joy'' (1904) * ''A Southern Flight'', with

Clinton Scollard Clinton Scollard (1860–1932) was an American poet and writer of fiction. He was a Professor of English at Hamilton College. Professional career Scollard was born at Clinton, Oneida County, New York on September 18, 1860, son of James Isaac ...

(1905) * ''The Poems'' (1917)

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