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  2. Reuben Bright - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the octet has two quatrains of enclosed rhyme, and the sestet has a quatrain of alternating rhyme and a concluding couplet. The poem tells of a butcher, Reuben Bright, who might be supposed to be rough and unfeeling because of his profession, but when news is brought that his wife is to die, he cries like a baby.

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Never give advice unless asked; Never give a sucker an even break; Never judge a book by its cover; Never let the sun go down on your anger; Never let the truth get in the way of a good story [20] [better source needed] Never look a gift horse in the mouth; Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

  4. Saudade - Wikipedia

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    Saudade is a word in Portuguese and Galician that claims no direct translation in English. However, a close translation in English would be "desiderium." Desiderium is defined as an ardent desire or longing, especially a feeling of loss or grief for something lost. Desiderium comes from the word desiderare, meaning to long for.

  5. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Wikipedia

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    These words came low and mournfully From the pallid lips of the youth who lay On his dying bed at the close of day. He had wasted and pined 'til o'er his brow Death's shades were slowly gathering now He thought of home and loved ones nigh, As the cowboys gathered to see him die. "O bury me not on the lone prairie Where coyotes howl and the wind ...

  6. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    This is a list of words and phrases related to death in alphabetical order. While some of them are slang, others euphemize the unpleasantness of the subject, or are used in formal contexts. Some of the phrases may carry the meaning of 'kill', or simply contain words related to death. Most of them are idioms

  7. The Almanac Singers - Wikipedia

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    Woody Guthrie wrote a song that mournfully stated: "I started out to write a song to the entire population / But no sooner than I got the words down, here come a brand new situation". [ 12 ] On June 22, 1941, Hitler broke the non-aggression pact and attacked the Soviet Union , and Keynote promptly destroyed all its inventory of Songs for John Doe .

  8. Make Something Wonderful - Wikipedia

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    Make Something Wonderful is a posthumous collection of Steve Jobs' words, released more than 11 years after the Apple co-founder's death. Compiled by a small group of family, friends, and former colleagues, the book offers an intimate view of Jobs' life and thoughts through his notes, drafts, letters, speeches, oral histories, interviews, photos, and mementos.

  9. Good Job (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Good Job" is a song by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys. It was written by Keys, The-Dream , Swizz Beatz and Avery Chambliss and produced by Keys. The song was released through RCA Records on April 23, 2020, as the fourth single from Keys' seventh studio album Alicia (2020).