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Prayer of Columbus" is a poem written by American poet Walt Whitman. The poem evokes the enterprising spirit of Christopher Columbus in a God -fearing light, who rediscovered the North American continent in 1492, leading to the colonization of the Americas by the emerging European powers.
You may have heard famous quotes like Franklin D. Roosevelt's maxim "The only thing to fear is fear itself," or Calvin Coolidge's motivational saying, “Nothing in the world can take the place of ...
The Columbiad (1807) is a philosophical epic poem by the American diplomat and man of letters Joel Barlow. It grew out of Barlow's earlier poem The Vision of Columbus (1787). Intended as a national epic for the United States, it was popular with the reading public and compared with Homer, Virgil and Milton. [citation needed]
Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong.Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength.
These Veterans Day quotes will help you appreciate America's patriots. Read these quotes to honor our military veterans on November 11.
She worked as an associate editor for a publisher before switching to freelance work. Her 2016 poem "Good Bones" went viral and her 2023 memoir was a New York Times best-seller. Smith received several honors and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and two Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence awards.
These poems were often featured in newspaper Sunday supplements in a feature called Armour's Armory. Many of Armour's poems have been repeatedly and incorrectly attributed to Nash. Probably Armour's most-quoted poem (often incorrectly attributed to Nash) is the quatrain: "Shake and shake / the catsup bottle / none will come / and then a lot'll."
1. “Thank you…next.” — Ariana Grande 2. “Single and fabulous, exclamation point.” — Carrie Bradshaw 3. “Love is a promise delivered already broken.”