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Early life. James was born Vivian Leopold James in Kogarah, a southern suburb of Sydney. He was allowed to change his name as a child because "after Vivien Leigh played Scarlett O'Hara the name became irrevocably a girl's name no matter how you spelled it". [ 4] He chose "Clive", the name of Tyrone Power 's character in the 1942 film This Above ...
1789. " My Heart's in the Highlands " is a 1789 song and poem by Robert Burns, sung to the tune "Fàilte na Miosg". [ 1] 1: My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go. 2:
Farewell, Aggie Weston (1951) Survivor's Leave (1953) Union Street (1957) Johnny Alleluia (1961) Underneath the Water (1968) Secret Destinations (1984) Twenty-One Poems (1986) A Field of Vision (1988) Collected Poems: several editions, starting in 1975 and culminating with Collected Poems 1951-2000 (2000)
Alone (Poe) "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe. " Alone " is a 22-line poem originally written in 1829, and left untitled and unpublished during Poe's lifetime. The original manuscript was signed "E. A. Poe" and dated March 17, 1829. [ 1] In February of that year, Poe's foster mother Frances Allan had died.
The air is "The Girl I Left Behind". Translated by George Sigerson as "The Roving Worker" [ 18] "A Nation Once Again" – 19th-century Irish nationalist anthem by Thomas Davis. "Avenging and Bright" – patriotic song by Thomas Moore [ 19] "Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men)" – song by Peadar Kearney about the 19th-century Fenians.
My Boy Jack (poem) " My Boy Jack " is a 1916 poem by Rudyard Kipling. [ 1] Kipling wrote it for Jack Cornwell, the 16-year-old youngest recipient of the Victoria Cross, who stayed by his post on board the light cruiser HMS Chester at the Battle of Jutland until he died. Kipling's son John was never referred to as "Jack" [citation needed].
High Flight has been a favourite poem amongst both aviators and astronauts. It is the official poem of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The poem has to be recited from memory by fourth-class cadets at the United States Air Force Academy, where it can be seen on display in the Cadet Field House. [13]
A Farewell to Arms is an occasional sonnet written by George Peele. It is the coda of Peele's Polyhymnia, written for the Accession Day tilt of 1590. [1] The prior thirteen parts of Polyhymnia are each blank verse descriptions of pairs of contestants with vague impressions of their combat, though Peele does not name the victors.
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