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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 ...
We are Seven" is a poem written by William Wordsworth and published in his Lyrical Ballads. It describes a discussion between an adult poetic speaker and a "little cottage girl" about the number of brothers and sisters who dwell with her. The poem turns on the question of whether to account two dead siblings as part of the family.
As the century progressed, "graveyard" poetry increasingly expressed a feeling for the "sublime" and uncanny, and an antiquarian interest in ancient English poetic forms and folk poetry. The "graveyard poets" are often recognized as precursors of the Gothic literary genre , as well as the Romantic movement.
The origin of the hymn's text is a poem by diplomat Sir Cecil Spring Rice, written in 1908 or 1912, entitled "Urbs Dei " ("The City of God") or "The Two Fatherlands". The poem describes how a Christian owes his loyalties to his homeland and the heavenly kingdom. In 1908, Spring Rice was posted to the British Embassy in Stockholm.
The poem describes the sight of a thirteenth-century church in what is now known as Middleton-on-Sea in West Sussex. The churchyard of the poem's title was the church's cemetery. The area had been subject to substantial erosion since at least 1341, and preventative measures were employed in 1570 and 1779.
George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) [1] was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England.His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists."
"We’re like the mules of the church – that’s what it feels like." Though the Nashville-based author and activist is now 39, her experience reflects a growing and, for churches, a potentially ...
Dr. William Herbert Brewster, Sr. (July 2, 1897 – October 15, 1987) was a 20th century Renaissance man born just outside Memphis, Tennessee.He was a Baptist minister by trade as well as a crucial figure in African American history who made a lasting national impact as a poet, playwright, gospel music composer, orator and civil rights leader.