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the English poem In Praise of Peace "is a political poem in which Gower, as a loyal subject of Henry IV, approves his coronation, admires him as the saviour of England, dilates on the evil of war and the blessing of peace, and finally begs him to display clemency and seek domestic peace" [29]: 106 Fisher argued that it was "Gower's last ...
The following is a list of last words uttered by notable individuals during the 19th century (1801-1900). A typical entry will report information in the following order: Last word(s), name and short description, date of death, circumstances around their death (if applicable), and a reference.
"In peace I will sleep with Him and take my rest." [17] — Saint Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo (387 AD) "My dear one, with whom I lived in love so long, make room for me, for this is my grave, and in death we shall not be divided." [11]: 149 — Severus of Ravenna, Bishop of Ravenna (c. 348 AD). According to a traditional story, Severus ...
Before Noyes had begun proper work on the final volume in the trilogy, The Last Voyage, two events occurred which were to influence it greatly: his first wife's death and his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Death is a major theme in The Last Voyage, as its very title suggests. The tone, more sombre than that of its predecessors, is also more ...
Whittier spent the last winters of his life, from 1876 to 1892, at Oak Knoll, the home of his cousins in Danvers, Massachusetts. [27] Whittier spent the summer of 1892 at the home of a cousin in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, where he wrote his last poem (a tribute to Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.) and where he was captured in a final photograph. [28]
"The Last Laugh" "Le Christianisme" "The Letter" "Mental Cases" "Miners" "Music" "A New Heaven" "The Next War" "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young" "The Roads Also" "S. I. W." "Schoolmistress" "The Send-off" "The Sentry" "The Show" "Six O'Clock in Princes Street" "Smile, Smile, Smile" Soldier's Dream
The group was excommunicated from the church after refusing to conform to Catholicism. A series of attacks were made on the group before Charles I, Duke of Savoy intervened to bring peace to his lands. In 1655 Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy renewed the persecution. He gave them twenty days to sell their lands and leave the town or to attend ...
Title page to the 1811 second edition. The Curse of Kehama is an 1810 epic poem composed by Robert Southey.The origins of the poem can be traced to Southey's schoolboy days when he suffered from insomnia, along with his memories of a dark and mysterious schoolmate that later formed the basis for one of the poem's villains.