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Facsimile, translated, and free digital copies of the Old Yellow Book (the source documents for the poem) are also available, and they reveal the extent of conjecture and invention Browning used when writing the poem. After Browning's death, a cache of documents relating to the case almost twice the size of the Yellow Book was found in an ...
Chief Inspector Morse, aided by Detective Sergeant (DS) Lewis, soon discovers a cryptic 'seventeenth-century' love poem by John Wilmot and a photograph of Rachel with a mysterious grey-haired man, clues which lead them to the prestigious Lonsdale College, where the rivalry between Julian Storrs and Dr Denis Cornford for the position of Master ...
Roman pool (with associated modern superstructure) at Bath, England.The pool and Roman ruins may be the subject of the poem. "The Ruin of the Empire", or simply "The Ruin", is an elegy in Old English, written by an unknown author probably in the 8th or 9th century, and published in the 10th century in the Exeter Book, a large collection of poems and riddles. [1]
The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the literary traditions of the Sinosphere—most prominently in Japan as well as certain periods of Chinese history, Joseon Korea, and Vietnam. They tend to offer a reflection on death—both in general and concerning the imminent death of the author—that is often coupled with a meaningful ...
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", written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
But this is my just reward for my pains and study, not regarding my service to God, but only my duty to my Prince." [ 15 ] : 170–171 [ note 49 ] — Thomas Wolsey , English archbishop, statesman and cardinal (29 November 1530); to the Lieutenant of the Tower of London , after falling ill on the way to London under arrest for treason
Essay by Cameron Smith on Michelle Schrodt's death: The grave loss that comes with deep love cannot truly heal. It is love’s reminder, not a curse. The death of my neighbor forced me to reflect ...
Decimius Magnus Ausonius [1] (/ ɔː ˈ s oʊ n i ə s /; c. 310 – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala, Aquitaine (now Bordeaux, France).For a time, he was tutor to the future Emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him.