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Poem: Used in the first stanza 1889 - En vänlig grönskas rika dräkt: Carl David af Wirsén: Hymn: Mid to late 1800s "All Flesh is Grass" Christina Rossetti: Poem: 1921-1923: The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War: Jaroslav Hašek's: Novel: The volunteer Marek recites it to Švejk: 1931 "Difficulties of a Statesman" T. S ...
Rossetti's poem "The Blessed Damozel" was the inspiration for Claude Debussy's cantata La Damoiselle élue (1888). John Ireland (1879–1962) set to music as one of his Three Songs, Rossetti's poem "The One Hope" from Poems (1870). In 1904 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) created his song cycle The House of Life from six poems by Rossetti ...
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: " In the Bleak Midwinter ", later set by Gustav Holst , Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold ...
"The Blessed Damozel" is perhaps the best known poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, as well as the title of his painting (and its replica) illustrating the subject. The poem was first published in 1850 in the Pre-Raphaelite journal The Germ. Rossetti subsequently revised the poem twice and republished it in 1856, 1870 and 1873. [1]
Rossetti's first edition of poems was printed in 1807 by Giovanni Avalloni, who offered to have Rossetti's poems published after hearing him recite a few passages. Throughout his early career, Rossetti published poems that were "patriotic" and supported the "popular movement" in Sicily which resulted in him receiving a grant from Ferdinand I of ...
Frontispiece of the English version (The New Life, D. G. Rossetti, 1899)La Vita Nuova (pronounced [la ˈviːta ˈnwɔːva]; modern Italian for "The New Life") or Vita Nova (Latin and medieval Italian title [1]) is a text by Dante Alighieri published in 1294.
A Pageant and Other Poems is Christina Rossetti's fourth collection of poetry. It was published in 1881 by Alexander Macmillan ; the publisher agreed to publish it without having read the collection, based on the reception of Rossetti's previous poetry.
Maria Francesca Rossetti (17 February 1827 – 24 November 1876) was an English author and nun. She was the sister of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti , and of Christina Georgina Rossetti , who dedicated her 1862 poem Goblin Market to Maria.