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Title page of The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) first edition. The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated is a poem by the English author Samuel Johnson. [1] It was written in late 1748 and published in 1749 (see 1749 in poetry). [2] It was begun and completed while Johnson was busy writing A Dictionary of the English ...
Poetic forms have been used by Christians since the recorded history of the faith begins. The earliest Christian poetry, in fact, appears in the New Testament. Canticles such as the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, which appear in the Gospel of Luke, take the Biblical poetry of the psalms of the Hebrew Bible as their models. [1]
The Dream of the Rood is one of the Christian poems in the corpus of Old English literature and an example of the genre of dream poetry. Like most Old English poetry, it is written in alliterative verse. The word Rood is derived from the Old English word rōd 'pole', or more specifically ' crucifix '. Preserved in the 10th-century Vercelli Book ...
Biography. Annie Johnson Flint was born on 25 December 1866 in a small town Vineland, New Jersey. Her father was of English descent, and her mother was Scottish. [3] She lost both parents in her early childhood. [1] After completing high school, she spent one year at a training school for teachers. [1] She then started teaching a primary class. [3]
Daniel is an anonymous Old English poem based loosely on the Biblical Book of Daniel, found in the Junius Manuscript. The author and the date of Daniel are unknown. Critics have argued that Cædmon is the author of the poem, but this theory has been since disproven. [citation needed] Daniel, as it is preserved, is 764 lines long.
Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, [a] with more than 100 million copies printed. [1] She is also known for her teaching and ...
Analysis. The title of the poem, The Collar, is symbolic; it seems to represent the relationship between the man within the poem and God. "Collar" in this poem may refer to a clerical collar, which priests wear as a religious symbol. To take off the collar is to revoke one's dedication to ministry. The title may also refer to the term "to slip ...
Diane Ackerman (born 1948), US author, poet and naturalist. Duane Ackerson (1942–2020), US writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Milton Acorn (1923–1986), Canadian poet, writer and playwright. Harold Acton (1904–1994), English writer, scholar and dilettante. János Aczél (died 1523), Hungarian poet and provost.