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"Shine, Perishing Republic" is a poem by the American writer Robinson Jeffers, first published in 1925 in the collection Roan Stallion, Tamar, and Other Poems. It describes an increasingly corrupt American empire , which it advises readers to view through the naturalizing perspective of social cycles .
Robert Robinson (27 September 1735 – 9 June 1790) was an English Dissenter, influential Baptist and scholar who made a lifelong study of the antiquity and history of Christian Baptism. He was also author of the hymns " Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing " and "Mighty God, while angels bless Thee", the former of which he wrote at age 22 after ...
In Merlin, Robinson revivifies, not the age of chivalry, but our own time, our own double world of hope and of reality, with its loves, faith, fears, wars and failures. The philosophy of the poem, that faith and creative love will someday save the world, is a lustrous background for the story: "The torch of woman, who, together with the light ...
Robert Edward Robinson (July 30, 1947 – December 18, 1989) was a lawyer, civil rights activist, and city councilmember in Savannah, Georgia. As a teenager, Robinson was involved in the integration of the city's school system and was part of a demonstration that contributed to the desegregation of Savannah Beach .
The poem asks you to analyze your life, to question whether every decision you made was for the greater good, and to learn and accept the decisions you have made in your life. One Answer to the Question would be simply to value the fact that you had the opportunity to live. Another interpretation is that the poem gives a deep image of suffering.
Oct 6, 2024; Asheville, NC, USA; Riverview Station on Lyman Street on Sunday, October 6, 2024 in Asheville, NC, destroyed by Hurricane Helene flooding along the French Broad River.
Robinson wrote "Reuben Bright" around the same time as "Richard Cory".David Perkins, in his A History of Modern Poetry (first published 1976), called some of those early poems including "Reuben Bright" and "Richard Cory" "revolutionary", with narrative elements of prose fiction brought into a lyric poetry written about realistic subject matter in vernacular language. [5]
MLB teams find new ways to celebrate, from Angels' cowboy hat to Tigers' title belt. ... The hat was a giveaway commemorating Game 7 of the 2002 World Series when outfielder Tim Salmon hoisted a ...