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Longfellow wrote the poem shortly after completing lectures on German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and was heavily inspired by him. He was also inspired to write it by a heartfelt conversation he had with friend and fellow professor at Harvard University Cornelius Conway Felton; the two had spent an evening "talking of matters, which lie near one's soul:–and how to bear one's self ...
He achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it; Who has left the world better than he ...
The celebrated opening of his wise little poem "Leisure" has its origins here." [2] Stonesifer traces the central idea to a number of Davies' other poems - "The Housebuilder" (from the 1914 The Bird of Paradise), "A Happy Life" and "Traffic", as well as "Bells" and "This World".
What Thou Lovest Well, Remains American (1975) Rain Five Days and I Love It (1976) 31 Letters and 13 Dreams (1977) The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing (1979) Selected Poems (1979) The Right Madness on Skye (1980) White Center (1980) Death and the Good Life (Mystery Novel) (1981) Sea Lanes Out (1983)
This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley, PhD, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. A teacher educator, artist-in-residence, and researcher, for thirty-six years he has been on a ...
In Life Studies, Lowell writes about his father in a number of pieces including "Commander Lowell" and "91 Revere Street." Part I of the book contains four poems that are similar in style and tone to the poems of Lowell's previous books, The Mills of the Kavanaughs and Lord Weary's Castle. They are well-polished, formal in their use of meter ...
Hirshfield's poems and life increasingly reflect her long-standing interest in biology, as well as physics and other fields of science. She was the 2013 Hellman Visiting Artist in the Neuroscience department at The University of California, San Francisco , a program "created to foster dialogue between scientists, caregivers, patients ...
Poems Composed or Suggested during a Tour in the Summer of 1833 1835 Stanzas suggested in a Steamboat off St. Bees' Head, on the coast of Cumberland 1833 "If Life were slumber on a bed of down," Poems Composed or Suggested during a Tour in the Summer of 1833 1835 In the Channel, between the coast of Cumberland and the Isle of Man 1833