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Holograph manuscript of Gray's "Stanzas Wrote in a Country Church-Yard". The poem most likely originated in the poetry that Gray composed in 1742. William Mason, in Memoirs, discussed his friend Gray and the origins of Elegy: "I am inclined to believe that the Elegy in a Country Church-yard was begun, if not concluded, at this time [August 1742] also: Though I am aware that as it stands at ...
The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABBA ABBA CDCD CD. This Italian or Petrarchan sonnet uses the last six lines to answer the first eight lines (octave). The octave is the problems and the sestet is the solutions.
To a Friend [Charles Lamb] who had declared his intention of writing no more Poetry "Dear Charles! whilst yet thou wert a babe, I ween" 1796 1800 Ode to the Departing Year "Spirit who sweepest the wild Harp of Time!" 1796 1796, December 31 The Raven. [MS. S. T. C.] A Christmas Tale, Told by a School-boy to his little brothers and sisters.
Illustration, c. 1901, by W. E. F. Britten.. Sir Galahad is a poem written by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, and published in his 1842 collection of poetry.It is one of his many poems that deal with the legend of King Arthur, and describes Galahad experiencing a vision of the Holy Grail.
Answering a reader's question about the poem in 1879, Longfellow himself summarized that the poem was "a transcript of my thoughts and feelings at the time I wrote, and of the conviction therein expressed, that Life is something more than an idle dream." [13] Richard Henry Stoddard referred to the theme of the poem as a "lesson of endurance". [14]
Strong in the Lord of hosts, and in His Mighty Power, Who in the strength of Jesus is more than conqueror. Send then in His great might, with all His strength endued, But take, to arm you for the fight, the panoply of God; That, having all things done, and all your conflicts passed, Ye may o'ercome through Christ alone and stand entire at last.
"Where art thou, my beloved Son," Poems founded on the Affections: 1807 The Forsaken 1804 "The peace which other seek they find;" Poems founded on the Affections: 1842 Repentance. 1804 A Pastoral Ballad "The fields which with covetous spirit we sold," Poems of Sentiment and Reflection (1820); Poems founded on the Affections (1827–) 1820
1821 title page, Charles and James Ollier, London 1820–21 draft of Epipsychidion, Bodleian Library, Oxford Epipsychidion is a major poetical work published in 1821 by Percy Bysshe Shelley . The work was subtitled: Verses addressed to the noble and unfortunate Lady Emilia V—, now imprisoned in the convent of — .