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Sketch of John Todhunter in The Magazine of Poetry 1889. Laurella and Other Poems (1876) Alcestis: A Dramatic Poem (1878) The True Tragedy of Rienzi; Tribune of Rome (1881) Forest Songs & Other Poems (1881) The Banshee and Other Poems (1888) How Dreams Come True (1890) The Poison Flower (1891) The Legend of Stauffenberg (1890) The Irish Bardic ...
Porcelain image of John Barleycorn, c .1761. The first song to personify Barley was called Allan-a-Maut ('Alan of the malt'), a Scottish song written prior to 1568; [3]. Allan is also the subject of "Quhy Sowld Nocht Allane Honorit Be", a fifteenth or sixteenth century Scots poem included in the Bannatyne Manuscript of 1568 and 17th century English broadsides.
John Locke (1847–1889) was an ... When in school he used to write verses of poetry on slips of paper and went on to have his first of many poems published in 1863 ...
A banshee (/ ˈ b æ n ʃ iː / BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, [1] usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening.
"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet John Keats (1795–1821) in October 1816. It tells of the author's astonishment while he was reading the works of the ancient Greek poet Homer as translated by the Elizabethan playwright George Chapman .
On the album, Wayne reads Mitchum's poetry with backing from an orchestra and choir. Billy Liebert arranged and conducted the orchestra and also produced the album. [3] In an interview upon the album's release, Wayne explained his attraction to the material: "John Mitchum thinks like I think and writes like I wish I could". [3]
John Tenniel, St. Cecilia (1850) illustrating Dryden's ode, in the Parliament Poets' Hall "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day" (1687) is the first of two odes written by the English Poet Laureate John Dryden for the annual festival of Saint Cecilia's Day observed in London every 22 November from 1683 to 1703.
John McKay (born 6 June 1958) is an English songwriter and guitarist. He was the first studio guitarist of Siouxsie and the Banshees. He was a member of the group from July 1977 until September 1979. He played a "jagged unorthodox chording", [1] and created a "metal-shard roar" with his guitar. [2]