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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".
The Cub Scout Prayer. Used by the Cub Scouts section. Help us, oh lord, to serve you day by day. To do our duty and to enjoy our play. To keep the cub scout promise and to rest. Knowing we tried to do our best. Amen. Used by the Cub Scouts of the Scout Association: [ 7] Help us, dear God, to love thee day by day.
The Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva: Suite for Contralto and Piano (Russian: Шесть стихотворений Марины Цветаевой: Сюита для контральто и фортепиано, romanized: Shest stikhotvoreniy Mariny Tsvetayevoy: Syuita dlya kontralto i fortepiano), [1] Op. 143 is a song cycle by Dmitri Shostakovich.
The poem is an ode, and its subject is the pursuit of the human soul by God's love - a theme also found in the devotional poetry of George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. Moody and Lovett point out that Thompson's use of free and varied line lengths and irregular rhythms reflect the panicked retreat of the soul, while the structured, often recurring refrain suggests the inexorable pursuit as it ...
Invictus. Portrait of William Ernest Henley by Leslie Ward, published in Vanity Fair, 26 November 1892. " Invictus " is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). Henley wrote it in 1875, and in 1888 he published it in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses, in the section titled "Life and Death ...
Boy Scouting is for boys 9 to 11 years old (grades 4 through 6). They wear a green neckerchief. Senior Scouting is for boys 12 to 18 years old (grades 7 through 12). They wear a red neckerchief. Rover Scouting is for young men 18 to 26 years old (grades 11–12 and college level). Rovers aged 24 and above are called Rover Peers.
The song was known in the United States by the 1930s; it was sung by the Lincoln Battalion, a unit of American volunteers who fought on the republican side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). [5] During World War II, the song was popular in the RAF as well as the Army. [6] [7] [8] The song is also known as The Quartermaster Corps or The ...
Baden-Powell Scouts' Association. The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association ( B-PSA) is a worldwide youth organisation originating in the United Kingdom, with friendly relationships with similar traditional scouting organisations in various countries. Baden-Powell Scouting focuses on the importance of tradition in the scout movement.