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She always made it clear that, while her life, which included a spell of severe mental illness, contributed to the themes contained within her work, she did not write explicitly autobiographical poetry. Her deeply held Roman Catholicism coloured much of her work. [4] She had difficulty managing the practical aspects of her career and life.
Milton portrays God as often conversing about his plans and his motives for his actions with the Son of God. The poem shows God creating the world in the way Milton believed it was done, that is, God created Heaven, Earth, Hell, and all the creatures that inhabit these separate planes from part of Himself, not out of nothing. [ 26 ]
"The God Abandons Antony" refers to Plutarch's story of how Antony was besieged in Alexandria by Octavian.On the eve of Octavian's attack, suddenly in the middle of the night there were sounds of instruments and voices of a procession making its way through the city, stopped only at the gates of the city. [1]
"In the Garden" (sometimes rendered by its first line "I Come to the Garden Alone" is a gospel song written by American songwriter C. Austin Miles (1868–1946), a former pharmacist who served as editor and manager at Hall-Mack publishers for 37 years. According to Miles' great-granddaughter, the song was written "in a cold, dreary and leaky basement in Pi
Darker wert thou in the garden, yestermorn, by summer sun. We should see the spirits [rising] Round thee,—were the clouds away. 'Tis the child-heart draws them, singing In the silent-seeming clay. Singing!—stars that seem the mutest, go in music music all the way. Softly, softly! make no noises!
Elizabeth Taylor felt helpless learning a close friend's fate along with the world. The HIV/AIDS epidemic touched many people throughout the 1980s, and the actress was no exception.
The Queen read the poem in the printed order of service, and was reportedly touched by its sentiments and "slightly upbeat tone". A Buckingham Palace spokesman said that the verse "very much reflected her thoughts on how the nation should celebrate the life of the Queen Mother. To move on."
Then-Princess Elizabeth's father chose to take a new regnal name at the start of his reign, and opted for King George VI, creating continuity from his late father. His wife Elizabeth, Duchess of ...