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"A Prayer for My Daughter" is a poem by William Butler Yeats written in 1919 and published in 1921 as part of Yeats' collection Michael Robartes and the Dancer.It is written to Anne, his daughter with Georgie Hyde-Lees, whom Yeats married after his last marriage proposal to Maud Gonne was rejected in 1916. [1]
Letter to My Daughter (2009) is the third book of essays by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou.By the time it was published, Angelou had written two other books of essays, several volumes of poetry, and six autobiographies.
A fact from A Prayer for My Daughter appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 May 2009 (check views).The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that William Butler Yeats wrote the poem "A Prayer for My Daughter" in 1919 while staying in the tower at Thoor Ballylee during the Irish War of Independence?
and I turn my head to see her, on her face my gaze does not first fall, but at the place nearer the doorstep, there, where your dear little face would be, when you with bright joy would step inside, as you used to, my little daughter. When your mama steps in through the door with the glowing candle, it seems to me, as if you always came in with ...
Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) [1] is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books.
These father-daughter quotes celebrate the sweet bond between dads and their little girls. Find emotional and funny sayings from musicians, authors and poets. 78 father-daughter quotes that speak ...