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  2. The Hound of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    The poem is an ode, and its subject is the pursuit of the human soul by God's love - a theme also found in the devotional poetry of George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. Moody and Lovett point out that Thompson's use of free and varied line lengths and irregular rhythms reflect the panicked retreat of the soul, while the structured, often recurring refrain suggests the inexorable pursuit as it ...

  3. I Am - Wikipedia

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    I Am that I Am", a common English translation of the response God used in the Hebrew Bible when Moses asked for His name I am (biblical term), a Christian term used in the Bible "I Am" (poem), an 1848 poem by John Clare; I Am: Eucharistic Meditations on the Gospel, a 1912 book by Cabrera de Armida112

  4. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - Wikipedia

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    Harner's poem quickly gained traction as a eulogy and was read at funerals in Kansas and Missouri. It was soon reprinted in the Kansas City Times and the Kansas City Bar Bulletin. [1]: 426 [2] Harner earned a degree in industrial journalism and clothing design at Kansas State University. [3] Several of her other poems were published and ...

  5. Christian poetry - Wikipedia

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    The writings of a Christian poet are not necessarily classified as Christian poetry nor are writings of secular poets dealing with Christian material. The themes of poetry are necessarily hard to pin down, and what some see as a Christian theme or viewpoint may not be seen by others. A number of modern writers are widely considered to have ...

  6. First They Came - Wikipedia

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    A US Navy chaplain reads an excerpt of Niemöller's poem during a Holocaust Days of Remembrance observance service in Pearl Harbor; 27 April 2009. At the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., the quotation is on display, and the museum website has a discussion of the history of the quotation.

  7. Gone From My Sight - Wikipedia

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    Gone From My Sight", also known as the "Parable of Immortality" and "What Is Dying" is a poem (or prose poem) presumably written by the Rev. Luther F. Beecher (1813–1903), cousin of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. At least three publications credit the poem to Luther Beecher in printings shortly after his death in 1904. [1]

  8. I Am – Somebody - Wikipedia

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    "I Am – Somebody" is a poem often recited by Reverend Jesse Jackson, and was used as part of PUSH-Excel, a program designed to motivate black students. [1] A similar poem was written in the early 1940s by Reverend William Holmes Borders, Sr., senior pastor at the Greater Wheat Street Baptist Church and civil rights activist in Atlanta ...

  9. Roy Croft - Wikipedia

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    Roy Croft (sometimes, Ray Croft) is a pseudonym frequently given credit for writing a poem titled "Love" that begins "I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." [1] The poem, which is commonly used in Christian wedding speeches and readings, is quoted frequently. The poem is actually by Mary Carolyn Davies. [2]