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John Brown's Body (1928) is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. He was captured and hanged later that year. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War.
T-Bone learns that you don't have to win to feel good -- you just have to do your very best. He ends up winning because Mac cheated. "Tummy Trouble": The dogs convince themselves that it's okay to keep eating treats as long as they've done something "special" to deserve them. All 3 learn that too much of a good thing can be bad.
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.
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.
The poem incomplete. The Sun Rising (also known as The Sunne Rising) is a thirty-line poem (a great example of an inverted aubade) [ 1] with three stanzas published in 1633 [ 2] by the English poet John Donne. The meter is irregular, ranging from two to six stresses per line in no fixed pattern. The longest lines are at the end of the three ...
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court.
Holy Sonnet VIII – also known by its opening words as If Faithful Souls Be Alike Glorified – is a poem written by John Donne, an English metaphysical poet. It was first published in 1633, two years after the author's death. [1] It is included in the "Holy Sonnets," a collection of nineteen poems written by John Donne.
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 ...