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Throughout the poem, and particularly strong in the last stanza, there is a running commentary, a letter to Jessie Pope, a civilian propagandist of World War I, who encouraged—"with such high zest"—young men to join the battle, through her poetry, e.g. "Who's for the game?" The first draft of the poem, indeed, was dedicated to Pope. [6]
The British rock band Kasabian includes the phrase at the end of the music video for their song "Empire". [7] The British rock band The Damned released a single named "In Dulce Decorum" in 1987. The song The Latin One by 10,000 Maniacs sets the poem by Owen to music and includes the phrase.
Old Glory is a nickname for the flag of the United States. The original "Old Glory" was a flag owned by the 19th-century American sea captain William Driver (March 17, 1803 – March 3, 1886). He flew the flag during his career at sea and later brought it to Nashville, Tennessee , where he settled.
"Tell Me the Old, Old Story" is a hymn. The words were written as a poem in 1866 by Katherine Hankey , an English evangelist , while she was recovering from a serious illness in London . [ 1 ] It was set to music by William Howard Doane , who was much impressed by the poem when it was recited by Major General David Russell while they were ...
Let's Keep the Glow in Old Glory (And the Free in Freedom Too) is a World War I era song released in 1918. Wilbur D. Nesbit wrote the lyrics. Robert Speroy composed the music. The song was published by Frank K. Root & Co. of Chicago, Illinois. On the cover is a woman holding a child. Both are wrapped in the American flag.
I thrill to see Old Glory Paint the breeze. A second, rarely performed, verse reads, With hand upon my heart, I thank the Lord for this, my native land, for all I love is here within her gates My soul is rooted deeply in the soil on which I stand, for these are mine, my own United States! It then swings into a march tempo for the chorus.
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The Old Glory is a play written by the American poet Robert Lowell that was first performed in 1964. It consists of three pieces that were meant to be performed together as a trilogy. It consists of three pieces that were meant to be performed together as a trilogy.