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  2. Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed - Wikipedia

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    In the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, Alan Gaunt describes it as "one of Watts's most intense lyric poems," which "emphasises the emotional effect on the writer and the reader/singer". [5] According to Leland Ryken , the hymn contains the "speaker's thought process as he comes to grips with the crucifixion and what it means for him", and ...

  3. Because I could not stop for Death - Wikipedia

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    The speaker of Dickinson's poem meets personified Death. Death is a gentleman who is riding in the horse carriage that picks up the speaker in the poem and takes the speaker on her journey to the afterlife. According to Thomas H. Johnson's variorum edition of 1955 the number of this poem is "712".

  4. Worth Dying For (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Worth Dying For is the fifteenth book in the Jack Reacher series of thrillers written by Lee Child. It was published on 30 September 2010 in the United Kingdom [1] and was published on 19 October 2010 in the USA. [2] It is written in the third person.

  5. Glory To His Name - Wikipedia

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    "Glory to His Name" (also called "Down At The Cross") is a hymn written by Elisha A. Hoffman in 1878. It is thought that Hoffman was reading about the crucifixion of Jesus in the Bible and began to think about how God saved men from their sins by allowing Jesus to die on the cross. The poem Hoffman wrote based on these thoughts was called ...

  6. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; A cat may look at a king; A chain is only as strong as its weakest link; A dog is a man's best friend; A drowning man will clutch at a straw; A fool and his money are soon parted [4] A friend in need (is a friend indeed) A friend to everyone is a friend to no one; A journey of a thousand miles begins ...

  7. No. 11 Iowa State suffers first loss of season, falling 23-22 ...

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    No. 11 Iowa State suffered its first defeat of the season, losing to Texas Tech, 23-22, on a 5-yard touchdown run by Tahj Brooks with 19 seconds left in the game.. With the loss, the Cyclones drop ...

  8. Crossing the Bar - Wikipedia

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    Shortly before he died, Tennyson told his son Hallam to "put 'Crossing the Bar' at the end of all editions of my poems". [1] The poem contains four stanzas that generally alternate between long and short lines. Tennyson employs a traditional ABAB rhyme scheme. Scholars have noted that the form of the poem follows the content: the wavelike ...

  9. Angelina Jolie Gets Asked 'the Most Insane Question.' Here's ...

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    Angelina Jolie balked at a question regarding whether there should be a biopic about her life.. When Jolie, 49, and her Maria director Pablo Larraín spoke with the U.K.'s The Times to promote ...