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The poem Tears of the Prodigal Son draws on the well-known biblical Parable of the Prodigal Son found in Luke 15:11–32, the basis of which forms a story on a father forgiving his son's spendthriftness and greed, after the son comes back home remorseful of his actions. Gundulić adapts and heavily elaborates the original storyline, but still ...
The single verse, 2 Samuel 18:33, regarding David's grief at the loss of his son ("And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!"), is the inspiration for the text of several pieces ...
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." The 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek text is:
The Song of Hannah is a poem interpreting the prose text of the Books of Samuel. According to the surrounding narrative, the poem (1 Samuel 2:1–10) was a prayer delivered by Hannah, to give thanks to God for the birth of her son, Samuel. It is similar to Psalm 113 [1] and the Magnificat. [2]
The Man Who Died Twice may refer to: "The Man Who Died Twice" (poem), Pulitzer Prize winning work by Edwin Arlington Robinson; The Man Who Died Twice ...
Winnie Thompson had her son when she was 17. They grew up together and now he's off to college. She's trying to figure out her new life.
He returned for his bag but died from smoke inhalation, his mother said. The pain and memory of her son’s death forced Vicki Goble to leave Brooklyn’s Flatlands neighborhood in 2022 for ...
The Gibeonites told King David that nothing would now compensate them but the death of seven of Saul's sons (2 Samuel 21:1–6). David accordingly handed them Armoni , Mephibosheth [the son of Saul , not to be confused with Mephibosheth , who was the son of Jonathan ], and five of Saul's grandsons (the sons of Merab and Adriel ).