Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Voss, Richard
VOSS, RICHARD, a German poet;
called the “Tired Man”; born in
Neugrape in Pomerania, Prussia, Sept. 2,
1851. Among his dramatic compositions
are: “Savonarola”; “Magda”; “The
Patrician Dame”; “Luigia Sanfelice”;
“Father Modestus”; “Woe to the Vanquished”;
“Eve”; “Betwixt Two Hearts”; “At
Sedan.” In narrative verse he wrote:
“A Hill Asylum”; “Roman Village
Tales”; “Messalina.” Among his novels
are: “Life Tragedy of an Actress”; “The
New Romans”; “Children of the South”;
“Villa Falconieri”; “Amata”; “The
Sabine”; etc. He excels in description
of Italian lowly life.