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"Widsith" (Old English: Wīdsīþ, "far-traveller", lit. "wide-journey"), also known as "The Traveller's Song", [1] is an Old English poem of 143 lines. It survives only in the Exeter Book ( pages 84v–87r ), a manuscript of Old English poetry compiled in the late-10th century, which contains approximately one-sixth of all surviving Old ...
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Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets. His prosody – notably his concept of sprung rhythm – established him as an innovator, as did his praise of God through vivid use of imagery and nature.
William McGonagall's parents, Charles and Margaret, were Irish. His Irish surname is a variation on Mag Congail, a popular name in County Donegal. [3] [4] Throughout his adult life he claimed to have been born in Edinburgh, giving his year of birth variously as 1825 [1] or 1830, [5] but his entry in the 1841 Census gives his place of birth, like his parents', as "Ireland". [6]
"Binsey Poplars" is a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), written in 1879. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The poem was inspired by the felling of a row of poplar trees near the village of Binsey , northwest of Oxford , England , and overlooking Port Meadow on the bank of the River Thames . [ 3 ]
There may once have been music for this poem, but if so it no longer survives. "Alysoun" was included in The Oxford Book of English Verse, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, and The Longman Anthology of British Literature. [2] [3] [4] It has been called one of the best lyrics in the language. [5]
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