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Written in conversational language, the poem constantly moves between imagination and fact, from reverie to reflection. In the opening, the speaker employs an explanation for how the birch trees were bent. He is pleased to think that some boys were swinging them when he is suddenly reminded that it is actually the ice-storm that bends the trees.
Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 – 30 July 1894) was an English essayist, art and literary critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists.His first and most often reprinted book, Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), revised as The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (1877), in which he outlined his approach to art and advocated an ideal of the intense ...
Renaissance performed "Northern Lights" live on The Mike Douglas Show on 4 May 1978 in the U.S. [6] The single was featured on Top of the Pops on 13 July 1978, [7] and 10 August 1978. [8] It was awarded a Silver disc on 1 September 1978 by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Live at Carnegie Hall is a 1976 live double album by the English progressive rock band Renaissance.It presented songs from all of the band's Annie Haslam-era studio albums thus far, including the forthcoming (at the time of the concerts [3]) Scheherazade and Other Stories.
Gardens of the Villa Aldobrandini (1598). The Italian Renaissance garden was a new style of garden which emerged in the late 15th century at villas in Rome and Florence, inspired by classical ideals of order and beauty, and intended for the pleasure of the view of the garden and the landscape beyond, for contemplation, and for the enjoyment of the sights, sounds and smells of the garden itself.
In 1972, Renaissance's then-new management disbanded the then current line-up (one of several short-lived transitional line-ups), retaining only ex-The Gentle People singer Annie Haslam and former Rupert's People keyboard player John Tout to build a new band around. The new members added at this point were bassist Jon Camp, drummer Terence ...
Novella is the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1977.Bassist Jon Camp began working as a lyricist for this album, making it the first Renaissance album since Illusion (1971) to include songs written entirely by the band members themselves.
Allmusic ' s retrospective review described Illusion as "a much less bold, more smoothly commercial album" than Renaissance's self-titled debut, as well as being lighter and more acoustically driven, and concluded it would appeal more to fans of the Renaissance lineup that came after than to those who liked the debut album.