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A holograph manuscript of an early version of "The Harlot's House", dated April 1882, is preserved in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles.The final version of the poem was, according to Wilde's friend and biographer Robert Sherard, written in the spring of 1883 while the author was staying at the Hôtel Voltaire in Paris, and this account is probably accurate.
Tenor Enrico Caruso recorded the song in its original French on December 7, 1912. The record was issued by Victor in the USA, and in Europe by His Master's Voice, 1913. [1] A recording made on December 2, 1947 [2] by RCA Victor was a hit for Perry Como in the spring of 1948. It was released on singles as follows:
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.At Oxford University he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp, that carried a homoerotic subtext, and met Wilde, starting a close but stormy relationship.
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
Duke as an artist uses themes and lyrics that can focus on literary references [6] [7] [8] and his religious Irish Catholic upbringing. [4] The song "Rabbit" is based on the John Updike Rabbit series of novels, [7] [8] "The Father, The Son and The Harlot's Ghost" is based on the novel Trinity by Leon Uris, [8] while "Ash Like Snow" is based on Ayn Rand's We the Living. [8] "
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde, first published in May 1888.It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket."
Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House composed the poem for the second inauguration of Gov. Andy Beshear on Dec. 12, 2023. ... the only music is hammers and saws, but we. keep going, aiming for the ...
[3] "Poem" was one of the songs that was written before production of the album began. Guitarist Mike DeWolf elaborated: "That's actually the first song we wrote for the album. . . We played it at the 2001 Ozzfest and there was a big reaction. The kids went nuts for it even more than to our other songs that they'd heard a million times before.