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The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England "Do not stand by my grave and weep" is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem "Immortality", written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
Tonya Foster wrote that McKay's poem turned those who were persecuted into heroes and described it as a "call to arms for workers": by using "we" repeatedly, McKay extends his poem to whoever the poem reaches, and it is a nonspecific poem—there are no phrases tying it to a specific group or race—and can apply to any group under attack by ...
Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might, To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame. But since your worth, wide as the ocean is, The humble as the proudest sail doth bear, My saucy bark, inferior far to his, On your broad main doth wilfully appear. Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat,
The poem is referenced in the Doctor Who episode The Shakespeare Code (2007). When the Tenth Doctor quotes the line "Rage, rage against the dying of the light", William Shakespeare responds that he might use that line himself, to which the Doctor responds "You can't. It's someone else's."
"The Hangman" is a poem written by Maurice Ogden in 1951 and first published in 1954. [1] The poem was originally published under the title "Ballad of the Hangman" in Masses and Mainstream magazine under the pseudonym "Jack Denoya", before later being "[r]evised and retitled".
In 1951, the poem was used as the basis for a feature-length Hollywood film of the same name, starring Philip Friend and Wanda Hendrix. [4] Noyes writes in his autobiography that he was pleasantly surprised by "the fact that in this picture, produced in Hollywood, the poem itself is used and followed with the most artistic care". [2]
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After leaking online and becoming viral on TikTok, "Say Yes to Heaven" was released as a single without prior promotion on May 19, 2023. "Say Yes to Heaven" is an ambient and downbeat ballad about a narrator's attempt to escape with her lover. Critics praised it for the production and lyrics.