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Farewell, parents, brothers, beloved by me, Friends of my childhood, in the home distressed; Give thanks that now I rest from the wearisome day; Farewell, sweet stranger, my friend, who brightened my way; Farewell to all I love; to die is to rest. "Pahimakas ni Dr. José Rizal" translation by Andrés Bonifacio Pinipintuho kong Bayan ay paalam,
There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to compose a poem on the spot and recite it with their last breath. In Western culture particular attention has been paid to last words which demonstrate deathbed salvation – the repentance of sins ...
James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band.
Carson shared a poem on Instagram on Sept. 17 along with an in-depth remembrance and photos of him with his mother, Pattie Daly Caruso, who died at 73 of a heart attack in 2017. View this post on ...
High school students at University of Detroit Jesuit School and Catholic Memorial in Boston serve as pallbearers for military veterans who died homeless. When no one was there for veterans who ...
The poem is often attributed to anonymous or incorrect sources, such as the Hopi and Navajo tribes. [1]: 423 The most notable claimant was Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905–2004), who often handed out xeroxed copies of the poem with her name attached. She was first wrongly cited as the author of the poem in 1983. [4]
Bilbo's verses acknowledge the ending of his day and the dimming of his eyes, bid farewell to the friends whom he will leave behind and look forward to the Lonely Star's guiding him to "west of West", "where night is quiet and sleep is rest". [T 2] Little is known about the poem's development.
American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls wears his old No. 30 letterman's jacket from Taylor High School for a 2017 column. After 51 years, Bohls is leaving the Statesman.