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"The Song of the Vermonters, 1779" Also known as "The Green Mountaineer" is a poem by the American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) about the U.S. state of Vermont during its years of independence (1777–1791), sometimes called the Vermont Republic.
The four characters on the banner above his head reads, "return my rivers and mountains", one of the themes espoused in his poem. Man Jiang Hong ( Chinese : 滿江紅 ; pinyin : Mǎn Jīang Hóng ; lit. 'the whole river red') is the title of a set of Chinese lyrical poems ( ci ) sharing the same pattern.
Thomas Rowley (1721–1796) was a famous poet of Vermont, known both as the spokesman for Ethan Allen and dubbed “The Bard of the Green Mountains.” [citation needed] During his lifetime and before the American Revolution, his poetry gained a reputation, as did his catchphrase "Setting the Hills on Fire." [citation needed]
Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
"The Fire at Ross's Farm" (1890) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Lawson. [ 1 ] It was originally published in The Bulletin on 6 December 1890 and subsequently reprinted in several of the author's other collections, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies.
and quaking thunder. The rain fell cold. and sideways for three days. All the creeks. conspired to the raging river. As the flood seeped beneath our door. my mother sat me on her hip. She carried ...
Instead, the poem draws on an older story, repeated in Milton's History of Britain, that Joseph of Arimathea, alone, travelled to preach to the ancient Britons after the death of Jesus. [4] The poem's theme is linked to the Book of Revelation (3:12 and 21:2) describing a Second Coming, wherein Jesus establishes a New Jerusalem.
The Voice Season 24 Knockout Rounds continued apace Monday, and the episode was packed with twists and turns and Saves and Steals. In fact, a whopping five Steals were used by the night’s end ...