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It is one of his many poems that deal with the legend of King Arthur, and describes Galahad experiencing a vision of the Holy Grail. The subject of the poem was later included in The Holy Grail section of Tennyson's Idylls of the King , but the latter version depicts Galahad as a pious individual who is grimly determined to fulfill his destiny.
Orson Welles read the poem on an episode of The Radio Reader's Digest (11 October 1942), [9] [10] Command Performance (21 December 1943), [11] and The Orson Welles Almanac (31 May 1944). [12] High Flight has been a favourite poem amongst both aviators and astronauts. It is the official poem of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force.
Crowell wrote over 35 books of poetry, as well as stories for children and religious devotionals. [2] Lee Mero illustrated several of her children’s books. Her Songs for Courage went into twenty-five printings. She continued writing until she was 86 years old. God's Masterpieces, a devotional book was her last published work before her death.
During the American Civil War, "The Bonnie Blue Flag"—a 1861 Confederate marching song written by Harry McCarthy—began with the words "We are a band of brothers, and native to the soil". [ 29 ] Stephen Ambrose borrowed the phrase "Band of Brothers" for the title of his 1992 book on E Company of the 101st Airborne during World War II; it was ...
Some critics interpret the poem's exhortation to be ready to receive God's will as a critique of a misunderstanding of the parable as literal or economic, and that waiting, rather than amassing wealth to prove one's worth, is the proper way to serve God. [20]
A concordance specifying the poem, line and case in which each word appears, e.g., hortulus appears in the ablative case hortulo in line 88 of Catullus' poem 61. Definitions for the words are not given. Mulroy DD (1986). Comites Catulli: Structured Vocabulary Lists for Catullus 1–60. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-8191 ...
Zac Efron's little brother Dylan wasn't always a fan of his famous sibling, and got out his frustrations on paper. PHOTOS: The 27 Most Important Shirtless Zac Efron Images The 27-year-old former ...
Others have identified words from native languages included in the poem. Intentionally epic in scope, The Song of Hiawatha was described by its author as "this Indian Edda ". But Thompson judged that despite Longfellow's claimed "chapter and verse" citations, the work "produce[s] a unity the original will not warrant," i.e., it is non-Indian in ...