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Close to the time Wordsworth and Coleridge climbed the Skiddaw mountain, 3 April 1802, Wordsworth recited the four stanzas of the ode that were completed. The poem impressed Coleridge, [7] and, while with Wordsworth, he was able to provide his response to the ode's question within an early draft of his poem, "Dejection: An Ode". [8]
"Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" is a mock-heroic poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published anonymously in The San Francisco Examiner (then called The Daily Examiner ) on June 3, 1888, under the pen name "Phin", based on Thayer's college nickname, "Phinney". [ 1 ]
In Series Part II.--To the close of the Troubles in the Reign of Charles I 1822 Abuse of Monastic Power (XIX) 1821 "And what is Penance with her knotted thong;" Ecclesiastical Sonnets. In Series Part II.--To the close of the Troubles in the Reign of Charles I 1822 Monastic Voluptuousness (XX) 1821 "Yet more,—round many a Convent's blazing fire"
The poem begins: A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. (lines 1–4) The second stanza maintains the quiet, even tone of the first, but serves to undermine the former's sense of the eternal by revealing that Lucy has, by the time of composition, died.
544 – Arator declaims his poem De Actibus Apostolorum in the Church of San Pietro-in-Vinculi; 554 – 'Abid ibn al-Abris died about this year; Arabic poet; 560 – Labīd born this year (died 661); Arabic poet; 560 – Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya died about this year; Jewish poet writing in Arabic; 565 – Procopius died (born about 500)
Poet and educator Nile Stanley shares a story — and the poem it inspired — about a student recital during tough times. Poetry from Daily Life: A poem influenced MLK's 'Dream' speech, can teach ...
The poem was printed four times in Coleridge's life, with the final printing in his Poetical Works of 1834. [32] In the final work, Coleridge added the expanded subtitle "Or, A Vision in a Dream. A Fragment". Printed with Kubla Khan was a preface that stated a dream provided Coleridge the lines. [33]
The poem is often attributed to anonymous or incorrect sources, such as the Hopi and Navajo tribes. [1]: 423 The most notable claimant was Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905–2004), who often handed out xeroxed copies of the poem with her name attached. She was first wrongly cited as the author of the poem in 1983. [4]