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The Hearse Song. " The Hearse Song " is a song about burial and human decomposition, of unknown origin. It was popular as a World War I song, and was popular in the 20th century as an American and British children's song, continuing to the present. It has many variant titles, lyrics, and melodies, [ 1] but generally features the line "The worms ...
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.
You Are Old, Father William. " You Are Old, Father William " is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is recited by Alice in Chapter 5, "Advice from a Caterpillar" (Chapter 3 in the original manuscript). Alice informs the Caterpillar that she has previously tried to repeat "How Doth the ...
Twitter user Ronnie Joyce came across the poem above on the wall of a bar in London, England. While at first the text seems dreary and depressing, the poem actually has a really beautiful message.
Journey , p. 11) – One of Angelou's most famous statements Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now consists of 24 "journalistic homilies" or "meditations", many of which are autobiographical, that range in number from 63 to a few hundred words. Siona Carpenter of Religion News Service considered Journey as a part of the increase in popularity of motivational and inspirational books written ...
Hold Your Fire: 1987 The lyric ‘That's not what I meant at all’ is from the T.S. Eliot poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. [61] "Second Nature" Hold Your Fire: 1987 Articulates a moderating of Neil Peart's environmental goals over time (according to his book Roadshow). [62] "Prime Mover" Hold Your Fire: 1987 Inspired by Aristotle and ...
You have probably seen the viral photo of Sha'Carri Richardson from the 2024 Paris Olympics. The photo where Richardson confidently glances to her right en route to an Olympic gold medal in the ...
The Eye of the Earth is a collection of poems by Niyi Osundare, published in 1986 by Heinemann Educational Books. The work was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the African poetry book category, and the Association of Nigerian Authors' Poetry Prize in its year of publication. The collection comprises nineteen poems that explore nature ...