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The poem asks that when the reader of the tablet, when looking upon the names listed, Has travelled down to Matthew's name, Pause with no common sympathy.(lines 11–12) The narrator then explains that Poor Matthew, all his frolics o'er, Is silent as a standing pool; Far from the chimney's merry roar, And murmur of the village school.
Lucy is represented in all five poems as sexless; it is unlikely that the poet ever realistically saw her as a possible lover. Instead, she is presented as an ideal [40] and represents Wordsworth's frustration at his separation from Coleridge; the asexual imagery reflects the futility of his longing. [40]
The Son of God Goes Forth to War (1812) is a hymn by Reginald Heber [1] which appears, with reworked lyrics, in the novella The Man Who Would Be King (1888), by Rudyard Kipling and, set to the Irish tune The Moreen / The Minstrel Boy, in the film The Man Who Would Be King (1975), directed by John Huston. [2]
In Memoriam was a favourite poem of Queen Victoria, who after the death of her husband, the Prince Consort Albert, was "soothed & pleased" by the feelings explored in Tennyson's poem. [15] In 1862 and in 1883, Queen Victoria met Tennyson to tell him she much liked his poetry.
"All thoughts, all passions, all delights," 1799 1799, December 21 Ode to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, on the Twenty-fourth Stanza in her 'Passage over Mount Gothard' "Splendour's fondly-fostered child!" 1799 1799, December 24 A Christmas Carol "The shepherds went their hasty way," 1799 1799, December 25 Talleyrand to Lord Grenville.
Like a child’s kite caught in a tree, we can also feel stuck at times. However, there’s a way to free ourselves.
This poem can be said to be among the most controversial poems in African-American literature, as it overlooks the brutality of the slave trade, the horrors of the middle passage and the oppressive life of slavery. [18] 'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too: