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Cricket features, albeit briefly, in late-Victorian poet A. E. Housman's most famous collection of somewhat gloomy poems A Shropshire Lad, published in 1896 and never out-of-print since then. Poem XVII reads: Twice a week the winter thorough Here stood I to keep the goal: Football then was fighting sorrow For the young man’s soul.
Sheet music was published by G. Schirmer in 1920 as part of Six Cheerful Songs to Poems of American Humor. William Schuman composed an opera, The Mighty Casey (1953), based on the poem. The song "No Joy in Mudville" from Death Cab for Cutie 's album We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes directly references the poem.
Davis has delivered motivational presentations for more than 3,000 schools in 25 countries, one of them being Calvary Chapel Christian School as he was introduced by Pastor Joe. [13] One of his main messages is how individuals can decide to make a U-turn in their lives [ 10 ] through hard work and persistence, [ 3 ] making good personal choices ...
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Maclean was born on 27 May 1966 in the Sydney suburb of Caringbah, [2] as the youngest of three children. [3] His parents had emigrated from Scotland in July 1965. [4] His mother, Avril, had schizophrenia, [5] and he was initially raised in foster homes; Avril's social worker wrote in relation to John that his mother "told sister she didn't mind the other children but can't bear the baby, aged ...
Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek (July 17, 1990 – June 22, 2004), known as Mattie J.T. Stepanek, was an American poet (or, as he wanted to be remembered, "a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played") [2] who published seven best-selling books of poetry and peace essays. Before his death at the age of 13, he had become known as a peace ...
Inquoris Desmond Chade Johnson [1] (born February 12, 1986) [1] [2] is an American motivational speaker and former college football player. His football career ended in 2006 at the University of Tennessee with an injury that permanently paralyzed his right arm. [3] [4] Johnson studied psychology and became a motivational speaker.