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William Knox was born on 17 August 1789 in the small estate of Firth, in the parish of Lilliesleaf, in the county of Roxburghshire, in southern Scotland.He was the eldest child (of three sons and three daughters) of Thomas Knox, an agricultural and pastoral farmer in Roxburghshire and the neighbouring Selkirkshire, and Barbara Turnbull, the eldest daughter of Walter Turnbull, Esquire of Firth.
An illustration for Young's Night-Thoughts by William Blake. The earliest poem attributed to the Graveyard School was Thomas Parnell's A Night-Piece on Death , [12] in which King Death himself gives an address from his kingdom of bones: "When men my scythe and darts supply How great a King of Fears am I!" (61–62)
"Epitaph to a Dog" (also sometimes referred to as "Inscription on the Monument to a Newfoundland Dog") is a poem by the British poet Lord Byron. It was written in 1808 in honour of his Landseer dog , Boatswain, who had just died of rabies .
"The Grave" is a blank verse poem by the Scottish poet Robert Blair. [2] It is the work for which he is primarily renowned. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to Blair, in a letter he wrote to Philip Doddridge , the greater part of the poem was composed before he became a minister. [ 2 ]
Poems of the Imagination (1815–1843); Miscellaneous Poems (1845–) 1798 Her eyes are Wild 1798 Former title: Bore the title of "The Mad Mother" from 1798–1805 "Her eyes are wild, her head is bare," Poems founded on the Affections (1815–20); Poems of the Imagination (1827–32); Poems founded on the Affections (1836–) 1798 Simon Lee 1798
David Duchovny's Touching Poem After His Dog's Passing Is a Tear-Jerker. Diana Logan. May 31, 2024 at 3:19 PM ... Related: Halsey Announces the Sudden Death of Her Dog Jagger in Gut-Wrenching ...
The Red Wheelbarrow" is a poem by American modernist poet William Carlos Williams. Originally published without a title, it was designated " XXII " in Williams' 1923 book Spring and All , a hybrid collection which incorporated alternating selections of free verse and prose.
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