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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. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
The Old Glory was produced off-Broadway in New York City at The American Place Theatre in 1964 in the company's first production which starred Frank Langella, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Lester Rawlins and won five Obie Awards in 1965 including an award for "Best American Play" as well as awards for Langella, Brown and Rawlins.
The march is written for a standard full American concert band. On the page for The Stars and Stripes Forever on the official United States Marine Band website, under The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, additional parts are written in at the bottom of the downloadable score. These parts are from Sousa's Encore Book, and are handwritten ...
"I shall soon be with Him. Victory, victory, victory forever." [64] — William Gadsby, English Baptist pastor (27 January 1844), raising his hand before the word "forever" Funeral of Charles XIV John in Riddarholm Church "Oscar." ("Oskar.") [69] — Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (8 March 1844), whispering the name of his son and heir
Old Glory is a nickname for the flag of the United States. The original "Old Glory" was a flag owned by the 19th-century American sea captain William Driver (March 17, 1803 – March 3, 1886). He flew the flag during his career at sea and later brought it to Nashville, Tennessee , where he settled.
John Oldham (9 August 1653 – 9 December 1683) was an English satirical poet and translator. John Dryden , England's first Poet Laureate , was one of his admirers and upon his death wrote an elegy " To the Memory of Mr. Oldham ".
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Sir John Davies (16 April 1569 (baptised) – 8 December 1626) was an English poet, lawyer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1621. He became Attorney General for Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire .