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Son Quotes from the Bible. 67. “Behold, sons are a gift from the Lord. Happy the man whose quiver is filled with them.” — Psalm 127: 3-5. 68. “My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart ...
Little Boy Blue by Eugene Field. "Little Boy Blue" is a poem by Eugene Fieldabout the death of a child, a sentimental but beloved theme in 19th-century poetry. Contrary to popular belief, the poem is not about the death of Field's son, who died several years after its publication. Field once admitted that the words "Little Boy Blue" occurred to ...
Sonatorrek. Sonatorrek ("the irreparable loss of sons") is a skaldic poem in 25 stanzas, that appears in Egil's Saga (written c.a. 1220–1240), an Icelandic saga focusing on the life of skald and viking, Egill Skallagrímsson (ca. 910–990). The work laments the death of two of the poet's sons, Gunnar, who died of a fever, and Böðvarr, who ...
Bixby letter. The Bixby letter is a brief, consoling message sent by President Abraham Lincoln in November 1864 to Lydia Parker Bixby, a widow living in Boston, Massachusetts, who was thought to have lost five sons in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Along with the Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address, the letter has ...
12. “At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.”. – Ellen Key. 13. “Children are not things to be ...
4. “You will be his first kiss, his first love, his first friend. You’re his momma and he is your whole world. He is your little boy.”. — Unknown. 5. “When you look into your mother’s ...
40 father-son quotes from historical figures, celebrities and authors that celebrate the bond between boys and dads.
Absalom was the name of Stephen Kumalo's son in the novel. Like the Biblical Absalom, Absalom Kumalo was at odds with his father, the two fighting a moral and ethical battle of sorts over the course of some of the novel's most important events. Absalom kills and murders a man, and also meets an untimely death.