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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", written by Clare Harner in 1934.
The Beggar's Opera [1] is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch.It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today.
Tir’d with all these, for restful death I cry, As, to behold desert a beggar born, And needy nothing trimm’d in jollity, And purest faith unhappily forsworn, And gilded honour shamefully misplac’d, And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, And right perfection wrongfully disgrac’d, And strength by limping sway disabled,
Enter Choosing Beggars, a subreddit dedicated to showcasing ungrateful attitudes and shameless entitlement.Avid Bored Panda readers might remember that we've covered the community a few times ...
The terms "Tom o' Bedlam" and “Bedlam beggar” were used to describe beggars and vagrants who had or feigned mental illness (see also Abraham-men). Aubrey writes that such a beggar could be identified by “an armilla of tin printed, of about three inches breadth” attached to his left arm. [ 2 ]
"The Beggars Chorus" or "The Jovial Crew" (Roud 286) is an English broadside ballad from the mid-18th century. It celebrates the life of a beggar, and treats begging as a legitimate English trade . Sung to the tune of A Begging We Will Go .
Some fans' favorite part of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" may not have been sung by the pop star — but rather by a collaborator on the track.. Marsha Ambrosius, the singer-songwriter who ...
Ayckbourn wrote the work for the 1984 summer season at his Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, where it opened on 2 May. Peter Hall, director of the National Theatre, London, had expressed an interest in the piece and Ayckbourn modified his initial concept to suit an eventual large-scale production; on 1 August 1985 it opened in the National's Olivier auditorium, with Ayckbourn directing ...