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Hitty, Her First Hundred Years received the Newbery Award in 1930, for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." [8] As a publicity stunt, Field was informed of her win via radio by a group of librarians and ALA President Milton J. Ferguson who were flying in a second plane as Field flew from New Mexico to Los Angeles.
People could certainly lose their jobs for expressing themselves like Hopkins, Dickinson, or Milton – or they wouldn't get those jobs in the first place." [39] Modern Christian poetry may be found in anthologies and in several Christian magazines such as Commonweal, Christian Century and Sojourners. [40]
Ryan had been writing poetry since his college days, and his "The Conquered Banner" was printed in June 1865. He moved from one parish in the South to another, writing poetry and sermons. He founded a journal which published mainly Southern writers, and published a volume of his own collected poetry which was popular in the US and in Ireland.
Remembering the fathers in heaven (or wherever you may believe they go after they pass) is important all the time—but especially on Father's Day! Some of the Father's Day quotes you'll read here ...
1 Get you ready, there’s a meeting here tonight, Come along there’s a meeting here tonight, I know you by your daily walk, There’s a meeting here tonight. 2 Oh, hallelujah, to the lamb, There’s a meeting here tonight, For the Lord is on the given hand, There’s a meeting here tonight. 3 If ever I reach the mountain top,
Thomas Traherne (/ t r ə ˈ h ɑːr n /; 1636 or 1637 – c. 27 September 1674) was an English poet, Anglican cleric, theologian, and religious writer.The intense, scholarly spirituality in his writings has led to his being commemorated by some parts of the Anglican Communion on 10 October (the anniversary of his burial in 1674) or on 27 September.
The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his decades long cosmic journey to Heaven; his accidental misplacement after racing a comet; his short-lived interest in singing and playing the harp (generated by his preconceptions of heaven); and the general obsession of souls with the celebrities of Heaven such as Adam, Moses, and Elijah, who according to Twain become as distant to most people ...
Francis' poem The Hound of Heaven was called by the Bishop of London "one of the most tremendous poems ever written," and by critics "the most wonderful lyric in the language," while the Times of London declared that people will still be learning it 200 years hence. His verse continued to elicit high praise from critics right up to his last ...