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William Hughes Mearns was born on 28 September 1875 in Philadelphia, the son of James H Mearns and Lelia Cora (née Evans). On 22 December 1904 he married Mabel Gledhill Fagley at St Mark's Church, Phildalphia. They had a daughter, Emma (Petra) Fagley, born on 21 February 1907; she died on 13 October 2006.
Rain Rain Go Away. "Rain, Rain, Go Away". Lia Wallace Denslow's illustrations for a variant of "Rain Rain Go Away", from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose. Nursery rhyme. Published. 17th century or earlier. " Rain, Rain, Go Away " is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19096 and many different ...
Antigonish (poem) An empty stairway. " Antigonish " is a poem by the American educator and poet, William Hughes Mearns, written in 1899. It is also known as " The Little Man Who Wasn't There " and was adapted as a hit song under the latter title.
Poet Dylan Thomas c. 1937–1938. " Do not go gentle into that good night " is a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), and is one of his best-known works. [ 1] Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, [ 2] the poem was written in 1947 while Thomas visited Florence with his family.
First they came ... Engraving of the confession in poetic form presented at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts. " First they came ... " ( German: Zuerst kamen sie ...) is the poetic form of a 1946 post-war confessional prose by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984).
Because I could not stop for Death. Emily Dickinson in a daguerreotype, circa December 1846 or early 1847. " Because I could not stop for Death " is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890. Dickinson's work was never authorized to be published, so it is unknown whether "Because I could not stop ...
The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England. " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
To ask if there is some mistake. Of easy wind and downy flake. And miles to go before I sleep. [1] " Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening " is a poem by Robert Frost, written in 1922, and published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. Imagery, personification, and repetition are prominent in the work.