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Leisure. "Leisure" is a poem by Welsh poet W. H. Davies, appearing originally in his Songs Of Joy and Others, published in 1911 by A. C. Fifield and then in Davies' first anthology Collected Poems by the same publisher in 1916.
And the Soul Shall Dance. And The Soul Shall Dance is Wakako Yamauchi 's first full-length play. Written in 1977, the story involves a young Japanese American girl and her parents as they struggle to live in a white America during the Great Depression. And The Soul Shall Dance grapples with many of the issues facing Japanese Americans in ...
Drama. Notable works. And the Soul Shall Dance. The Music Lessons. Notable awards. Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (1977) Wakako Yamauchi (Japanese: 山内 若子, [1] October 23, 1924 – August 16, 2018) [2] was a Japanese American writer. Her plays are considered pioneering works in Asian-American theater.
from Songs of Joy and Others (1911) Davies returned to Britain, to a rough life largely in London shelters and doss-houses, including a Salvation Army hostel in Southwark known as "The Ark", which he grew to despise. Fearing the reaction of his fellow tramps to his writings, Davies would pretend to sleep, while composing his poems in his head, for later transcription in private. At one point ...
The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England. " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
— Letter to Indira Devi. The youngest of 13 surviving children, Tagore (nicknamed "Rabi") was born on 7 May 1861 in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta, the son of Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905) and Sarada Devi (1830–1875). [b] Tagore and his wife Mrinalini Devi, 1883 Tagore was raised mostly by servants; his mother had died in his early childhood and his father travelled widely. The ...
Grace Bridges, 1932: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my lord my soul to keep, In the morn when I awake. Please teach me the path of life to take. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; His Love to guard me through the night, And wake me in the morning's light amen.
Eavan Boland. Eavan Aisling Boland[1] (/ iːˈvæn ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈboʊlənd /, ee-VAN; [2] 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996. [3][4] Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history. [4]