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You Are Old, Father William. " You Are Old, Father William " is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is recited by Alice in Chapter 5, "Advice from a Caterpillar" (Chapter 3 in the original manuscript). Alice informs the Caterpillar that she has previously tried to repeat "How Doth the ...
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".
On the theme of Venus and Adonis, as is Shakespeare's narrative poem. 5 William Shakespeare "If love make me forsworn, how shall I swear to love?" A version of Berowne's sonnet to Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost 4.2.105–18. 6 Unknown "Scarce had the sun dried up the dewy morn" On the theme of Venus and Adonis, as is Shakespeare's narrative ...
I Am the College of William and Mary (also known simply as I Am the College) was written in 1945 by Dr. Dudley W. Woodbridge, esteemed professor (1927-1966) and inaugural dean of the revived Law School at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. [ 1][ 2] The narrative poem recounts William & Mary's historic legacy as the seventh ...
In the Seven Woods: Being Poems Chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age is a volume of poems by W. B. Yeats, published in 1903 by Elizabeth Yeats 's Dun Emer Press, the first edited by this publishing house. [1] Dun Emer published two editions of the book in 1903. The more expensive collection was published on Dutch and Irish paper and is bound with a ...
Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be. Bound each to each by natural piety. " My Heart Leaps Up ", also known as " The Rainbow ", is a poem by the British Romantic poet William Wordsworth. Noted for its simple structure and language, it describes joy felt at viewing a rainbow.
William Cowper ( / ˈkuːpər / KOO-pər; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800 [ a]) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter . One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of ...
Poems, in Two Volumes. The title page of Poems in Two Volumes. Poems, in Two Volumes is a collection of poetry by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, published in 1807. [1] It contains many notable poems, including: "Resolution and Independence". "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (sometimes anthologized as "The Daffodils") "My Heart Leaps Up".