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Jean Armour and Robert Burns had nine children together (he had at least another four by other women), the last of whom was born on the day of his funeral in July 1796. The legitimate siblings were Robert Burns Junior (b. 3 September 1786); Jean (b. 3 September 1786); William Nicol (b. 9 April 1791); Elizabeth Riddell (b. 1792); James Glencairn ...
Veneklasen's poem appeared occasionally in newspaper obituaries, commonly lacking attribution, and often with the decease substituted for "I". In 1963 and 1964, the Aiken Standard and Review in South Carolina ran a poem by frequent contributor M. L. Sullivan titled "Footprints". This was a bit of romantic verse that moves from sadness at "lone ...
It was designed by local architect Frank Bossuot, following photos taken by Mr. Young of a plantation house in Cuba. It was built in 1914 with masonry and terra cotta roofing by contractor Chris Fuglevand. It has also been known as Eliason Funeral Home, which was housed in an addition. It was also added to the Register on October 14, 1980.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. American writer, poet, traveler, and editor Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson Born (1830-12-19) December 19, 1830 Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, US Died May 12, 1913 (1913-05-12) (aged 82) Amherst, Massachusetts, US Occupation Writer poet editor Spouse Austin Dickinson (m. 1856 ; died ...
"Anecdote of the Jar" is a poem from Wallace Stevens's first book of poetry, Harmonium. Wallace Stevens is an important figure in 20th century American poetry. The poem was first published in 1919, it is in the public domain. [1] Wallace Stevens wrote the poem in 1918 when he was in the town of Elizabethton, Tennessee. [citation needed]
Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut.
Lorine Faith Niedecker (English: pronounced Needecker; May 12, 1903 – December 31, 1970) was an American poet. Her poetry is known for its spareness, its focus on the natural landscapes of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (particularly waterscapes), its philosophical materialism, its mise-en-page experimentation, and its surrealism.
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" is among the most famous of Robert W. Service's poems. It was published in 1907 in Songs of a Sourdough. (A "sourdough", in this sense, is a resident of the Yukon.) [1] It concerns the cremation of a prospector who freezes to death near Lake Laberge [2] (spelled "Lebarge" by Service), Yukon, Canada, as told by the man who cremates him.