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  2. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - Wikipedia

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    Melody. "Nettleton" by John Wyeth. " Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing " is a Christian hymn written by the pastor and hymnodist Robert Robinson, who penned the words in the year 1758 at the age of 22. [1][2] Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing,

  3. Sonnet (The Verve song) - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet (The Verve song) " Sonnet " is a song by the English rock band the Verve and is featured on their third album, Urban Hymns (1997). It was released on 2 March 1998 as the final single from the album. The ballad has the same instrumental layout as "The Drugs Don't Work", consisting of acoustic and electric guitars backed up with a string ...

  4. Sonnet 2 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 2. Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise. Proving his beauty by succession thine! And see thy blood warm when thou feel’st it cold. Sonnet 2 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a procreation sonnet within the Fair Youth sequence.

  5. Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings - Wikipedia

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    The Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, is a song cycle written in 1943 by Benjamin Britten for tenor, solo horn and a string orchestra.Composed during the Second World War at the request of the horn player Dennis Brain, it is a setting of a selection of six poems by English poets on the subject of night, including both its calm and its sinister aspects.

  6. Batter my heart, three-person'd God - Wikipedia

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    Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. [1] " Holy Sonnet XIV " – also known by its first line as " Batter my heart, three-person'd God " – is a poem written by the English poet John Donne (1572 – 1631). It is a part of a larger series of poems called Holy Sonnets, comprising nineteen poems in total. The poem was printed and published for ...

  7. High Flight - Wikipedia

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    High Flight is a 1941 sonnet written by war poet John Gillespie Magee Jr. and inspired by his experiences as a fighter pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. Magee began writing the poem on 18 August, while stationed at No. 53 OTU outside London , and mailed a completed manuscript to his family on 3 September, three months ...

  8. The New Colossus - Wikipedia

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    The New Colossus at Wikisource. " The New Colossus " is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). [2] In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.

  9. Lyric poetry - Wikipedia

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    Lyric Poetry (1896) Henry Oliver Walker, in the Library of Congress 's Thomas Jefferson Building. Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. [1]