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There is some controversy as to when "Widsith" was first composed. Some historians, such as John Niles, argue that the work was invented after King Alfred's rule to present "a common glorious past", while others, such as Kemp Malone, have argued that the piece is an authentic transcription of old heroic songs.
the great lyrics written at Goslar, the 'Matthew' poems and the 'Lucy' poems, strongly indicate that even in the earliest phase, those years when Wordsworth spoke most confidently of the Utopian possibilities held out to man by nature, his optimism was tempered by at least momentary misgivings, recognition that there are areas of human ...
Poems dedicated to National Independence and Liberty: 1842 The Farmer of Tilsbury Vale 1800 "'Tis not for the unfeeling, the falsely refined" Poems dedicated to National Independence and Liberty: 1815 To the Cuckoo 1802 "O Blithe New-comer! I have heard," Poems of the Imagination. 1807 She was a phantom of delight 1803 ":She was a phantom of ...
Twitter user Ronnie Joyce came across the poem above on the wall of a bar in London, England. While at first the text seems dreary and depressing, the poem actually has a really beautiful message.
There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to compose a poem on the spot and recite it with their last breath. In Western culture particular attention has been paid to last words which demonstrate deathbed salvation – the repentance of sins ...
'There were ten in the Bed', '10 in the Bed', 'There were 10 in the bed' Unknown Origin unknown, there is a picture book dating to 1988 which uses similar lyrics. Ten Green Bottles 'Ten Green Bottles hanging on the wall', '10 Green Bottles hanging on the Wall', '10 Green Bottles' Unknown The Cat Sat Asleep by the Side of the Fire: England
Catullus 49 is a poem by the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84–c. 54 BC) sent to Marcus Tullius Cicero as a superficially laudatory poem. Like the majority of Catullus' poems, the meter of this poem is hendecasyllabic. This is also the only time Cicero is ever mentioned in any of Catullus' poems.
In 1971, Les Crane used a spoken-word recording of the poem as the lead track of his album Desiderata. [20] His producers had assumed that the poem was too old to be copyrighted, but the publicity surrounding the record led to clarification of Ehrmann's authorship and the eventual payment of royalties.