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" To-day, from each and all, a breath of prayer—a pulse of thought," Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) 1888, February 12 Adieu to a Soldier " Adieu O soldier," Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) ; After the Dazzle of Day " After the Dazzle of Day" Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV.
The speaker of the poem questions the sun's motives and yearns for the sun to go away so that he and his lover can stay in bed. Donne is tapping into human emotion in personifying the sun, and he is exhibiting how beings behave when they are in love with one another. The speaker in the poem believes that, for him and his lover, time is the enemy.
Laura Iréna Potts (born 16 February 1996) [4] publishing under the name Laura Potts, is a poet and writer of radio drama from Wakefield, England. [5] Commended for the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award in 2012 and 2013, she was shortlisted in the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2017, the 2020 Manchester Writing Competition, and the Bridport Prize 2020 and 2021.
A Desultory poem, written on the Christmas Eve of 1794 "This is the time, when most divine to hear," 1794-6 1796 [Note 9] Monody on the Death of Chatterton. "O what a wonder seems the fear of death," 1790-1834 1794 The Destiny of Nations. A Vision "Auspicious Reverence! Hush all meaner song," 1796 1817 Ver Perpetuum. Fragment from an ...
Then Civil returned to the idea of innocence, referring to the first pages of the book and the poem “Blackberrying,” about events that set deep, lingering stains in the fabric of childhood.
Harjo has since authored ten books of poetry, including her most recent, Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: 50 Poems for 50 Years (2022), the highly acclaimed An American Sunrise (2019), which was a 2020 Oklahoma Book Award Winner; Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (2015), which was shortlisted for the Griffin Prize and named a Notable Book ...
Lettie Burd Cowman (March 3, 1870 – April 17, 1960), also known as L.B. Cowman, was an American writer and author of the devotional books Streams in the Desert and Springs in the Valley. Cowman published her books under the author name Mrs. Charles E. Cowman.
During 1802, Coleridge wrote the poem Hymn Before Sunrise, which he based on his translation of a poem by Brun.However, Coleridge told William Southeby another story about what inspired him to write the poem [1] in a 10 September 1802 letter: "I involuntarily poured forth a Hymn in the manner of the Psalms, tho' afterwards I thought the Ideas &c disproportionate to our humble mountains ...